ads_yuedu_txt(); Bai Wenxuan was taken around the city by Liu Wenxiu, and along the way, many thoughts in his heart have slowly changed.

When he participated in Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army, in addition to eating a bite of food and fighting for a way to live, in fact, there was an extreme dissatisfaction with reality in his heart, and he was full of hatred for the Ming Dynasty and the government.

Although he joined the rebel army in action, in fact, it was to create more poor people and make more people suffer, but they killed local tyrants, slaughtered gentry, took the poor to breakfast, and broke the old order, they themselves still thought that speaking for the poor was to stand up for the poor, overthrow the corrupt Ming Dynasty for the poor, and establish a new world.

Most of the generals of the Western Army, such as Bai Wenxuan, still had the idea of rescuing the people, fighting the world, and establishing a new dynasty where the poor could live.

But along the way, the south was prosperous, the people were rich, the original decaying Ming Dynasty showed vitality, no one wanted them to rescue them, and the strength shown by the Ming Dynasty also shocked him, making him realize that the Western Army was definitely not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to see Wang Yan in his heart, and the willingness to determine the relationship as soon as possible was even more urgent.

In fact, Bai Wenxuan took the sea, and the places he passed through were Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Ningbo, such cities with developed commodity economy and frequent import and export trade, not inland. If he goes inland, he may find another scene, that is, with the rise of the capital economy, the inland small peasant economy is gradually disintegrating, and many small people have lost their land and gone bankrupt under the impact.

Although Bai Wenxuan was anxious to see him and expressed his intention to meet Wang Yan several times, Liu Wenxiu took him around for a few days, but the Ministry of Rites never received him, but arranged him in the post house and asked him to wait patiently.

At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were receiving the envoy of Jin Guolai, Han Chaoxuan, a bachelor of Haoge, who set off from Sichuan, got He Tengjiao to report to the imperial court, and after permission, he issued a customs clearance document, and went directly from Chongqing to the east by boat, and arrived in Nanjing in more than half a month.

Han Chaoxuan has been in Nanjing for more than a month, and the main intention is to seek peace, hoping that the two sides will reconcile, but the Ming Dynasty was suddenly attacked by the Jin State, and Yuan Zongdi, Wu Yi and other generals were broken.

On this day, Gu Yuanjing of the Ministry of Rites and Zhang Huangyan, a waiter of the Ministry of War, who participated in the talks, talked with Han Chaoxuan for a morning, and in the afternoon, the two came to the Chu Palace's mansion to report to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan got the report, when he walked into the guest hall, the two were chatting, and when they saw Wang Yan coming in, the two of them were busy getting up, but Wang Yan waved his hand, sat behind the middle hall, and asked: "What conditions did Han Chaoxuan give?" ”

The two sat down, and Gu Yuanjing sighed, "Back to Your Highness, there is no progress, and it is still the old condition." ”

Wang Yan frowned, glanced at his mouth, and was a little unhappy, "Haoge is not even willing to return to the previous boundary, and Jin Guo has no sincerity at all." He said and looked at Zhang Huangyan and said: "The Ministry of War proposed to buy horses from the Jin State, did Han Chaoxuan agree?" ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head, "No! He put his hand close to Wang Yan on the arm of the chair, and leaned in the direction of Wang Yan, "Your Highness, the Jin Kingdom is reluctant to retreat to the original border, because it is worried that after they retreat, our army will cross the river, and then break the contract and attack them, then the Jin Kingdom will lose the danger of the Yangtze River, and it will be extremely passive in defense." After a pause, he continued: "I am reluctant to sell my horses, and I am also afraid that we will train cavalry and make them lose their advantage. ”

Wang Yan's cheeks puffed out, "Jin Guo has no reputation, but he is worried about my Daming, and Haoge is a thief, so there is no need to talk about it." Jin Guo broke the contract this time, if it wasn't for the presence of a Sun Kewang, which complicated the situation, the imperial court would have started a war with Jin Guo long ago, so that Haoge knew the fate of betraying the alliance. ”

"Yes! Now the situation in the southwest is complicated, and even the military department does not know who to fight first! ”

Wang Yan suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Sun Kewang's envoy has arrived in Nanjing!" ”

"It's here!" Gu Yuanjing raised his head, "According to His Highness's orders, I am taking him to visit all parts of Nanjing, and today I should be watching the weapons workshop in Nancheng." ”

Wang Yan bowed slightly, "Although Sun Kewang and Haoge fought in southern Sichuan, it is not impossible for the two sides to reconcile, and the Ministry of Rites should pay attention not to let the envoys of the two sides collide together." ”

Gu Yuanjing nodded to show that he knew, and Zhang Huangyan next to him asked suspiciously: "Your Highness let Bai Wenxuan see the wealth and prosperity of our dynasty, and asked him to take him to visit the Weapons Prison, is it to show his strength and recruit Sun Kewang?" ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly, "Lone has this kind of thought, Sun Kewang is the weakest, no matter how he struggles now, he will not get rid of the fate of perdition, the difference is only to be destroyed in our dynasty or in the Jin country." He wants to maneuver between the two countries and find opportunities to become bigger, but Lone and Hauge are not stupid, how can they let him get his wish. If he can be more sober, he should be able to recognize this, and offering land in exchange for a lifetime of glory is his only way out. ”

Wang Yan still hopes to be able to subdue Sun Kewang, if he can subdue the Western Army, then the situation in the southwest will be clear, "Before the Ministry of War proposed to break the blockade in the north and have enough horses from Qinghai, so the imperial court will inevitably capture Sichuan and Hanzhong, if Sun Kewang can return to our dynasty, then Gu does not need to fight with the Jin State now, and can directly prepare for war." ”

Sun Kewang was not a small threat to the Ming Dynasty, if it weren't for the fear that the Ming army would attack Sichuan, Sun Kewang joined forces with Haoge at the critical moment and stabbed him in the back, and the Ming army would have already begun to recover Sichuan.

Now Chen Bangyan was ordered to help Wang Yan lobby his subordinate generals, accept the decision of the court generals to transfer, support the reform of the army, and the affairs of the military department were represented by Zhang Huangyan, he listened to Wang Yan's words, pondered for a while, and then bowed his head and said: "If you can recruit the Western Army, the imperial court will be able to solve the hidden dangers behind it and go all out to deal with the Jin State, but Sun Kewang is extremely ambitious, although his strength is insufficient, but he has the heart to fight for the world, I am afraid it will not be so easy to admit defeat!" ”

"If he can't recognize himself clearly, and he has always harbored ambitions that don't match his own strength, he will definitely be defeated in the future!" Wang Yan also knew that Sun Kewang was ambitious, he didn't cry when he didn't see the coffin, he didn't hit the south wall and didn't look back, it wasn't so easy to surrender, he muttered, "Since everything has been said here, I'll meet Bai Wenxuan today and see what conditions Sun Kewang has." ”

When Gu Yuanjing heard this, he immediately stood up, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, later, let people bring Bai Wenxuan over!" ”