Chapter 322: A Mysterious Note
Besides, the expression is serious. Wang Chonggu looked at Fang Fengshi, as if discussing who was more suitable, and then Wang Chonggu spoke: "There is nothing to teach about things outside the Sai, the court has basically mastered it, and now although the king of Altan is said to be invincible on the surface, at least temporarily unified the tribes outside the Saiwai, but in fact, it is also full of internal worries, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Wara and the Uliangha tribe are not in harmony with the king of Alta, and there have been many disputes over the years. ”
Fang Fengshi said: "These two major tribes have made the king of Altan sit on pins and needles, and those tribes like Warat, large and small, are even more needles under the throne of the king of Alta, maybe they will be exposed at any time." The king of Alta was anxious to make peace because he wanted to first stabilize relations with the imperial court, and then buy enough materials from the mutual market, and then completely pacify the two biggest destabilizing factors, Warat and Uliangha. ”
"Can't we find a way to keep the tribes of Warat and Uliangha at bay? Isn't razing the most effective way to do it? Besides, he asked with a smile.
Wang Chonggu smiled bitterly: "It turns out that this is the case, and it is also the strategy we have been implementing against Saiwai, but since the White Lotus Sect Zhao Quan took refuge in King Alta, this method has basically failed, and Zhao Quan told King Alta the best tactics we are best at us, and used these tricks to counter us." I have to say that Zhao Quan is indeed a character, and there is nothing we can do about him. ”
Besides, the anger in his heart surged, it seemed that Zhang Juzheng was not paranoid against Zhao Quan and others everywhere, but that Zhao Quan's threat to the imperial court was too great. For such a national thief, there is no excuse to be found.
Zhao Quan was not a Han general Li Ling, he did not surrender after being captured, but took the initiative to take refuge in the king of Alta, offered advice to the king of Alta, and in turn dealt with his own nation and compatriots, this crime has to fight with the traitor Wu Sangui in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Fang Fengshi smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for our corpse vegetarian meal, in order to break up the alliance between the various tribes outside the Saiwai over the years, I have made many plans, but unfortunately they were all discovered by Zhao Quan in advance, not only did they not succeed, but they caused some losses." One Zhao Quan ruined our entire plan, it's really smelly rat. ”
"This time, Lord Qin sent out to negotiate, and you must be careful of Zhao Quan everywhere, don't fall into his trap." Wang Chonggu reminded.
"Don't worry, two adults, someone is going to fight him." Besides, he nodded.
For this long-known Zhao Sect Master, besides, there has never been a point of underestimation, because one person is regarded by Zhang Ju as an enemy country. It was the second time he had heard someone hate Zhao Quan so much, this was the two adults in front of him, the governor and the governor, presumably these two also suffered a lot under the Zhao sect leader.
If it is an ordinary plan, the key is that Zhao Quan has now posed a serious threat to the border pass.
If you don't particularly believe in Zhang Juzheng, you won't even believe that this thing is true. A person, unless he is a genius strategist like Zhuge Kongming and Liu Ji, it is difficult to occupy an absolute advantage in the confrontation between the two countries, and obviously Zhao Quan's sect leader is such a person.
After the cocktail party, besides, when he returned to the mansion arranged for him, Zuo Ling, Li Xiangjun and others had already returned.
They did not eat in one hall, but were entertained in another place by the wives and concubines of the local magnates.
"There's something wrong with both of them."
This is the first feeling that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will never send two Imperial Historians to supervise the negotiating officials, it must have another mission, as for whether this mission was arranged by the emperor, or whether the Metropolitan Procuratorate or even some people deliberately arranged it, it is difficult to say.
In addition to perceiving that something was wrong with the two imperial histories, he was also greatly disappointed with the situation at the border passes, and Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi obviously lacked confidence, so his negotiation responsibilities were even heavier.
Can you find a way to come to an agreement?
He has been thinking about this matter in his mind, but there is a prerequisite set by Zhang Juzheng, that is, it must be Zhao Quan's head, and it is obviously impossible to negotiate the result of the negotiation, and he can't negotiate according to Zhang Juzheng's intentions.
At this time, Ji Chang suddenly walked in and handed him a note.
Besides, after seeing it, he was shocked: "Where did this come from?" ”
Ji Chang said: "A servant sent it, but he didn't say anything, just said that he was ordered to send a note to the adult." ”
Moreover, he asked, "Didn't the man say who ordered him to send a note?" ”
Ji Chang was a little confused, thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "That person just said: I was ordered to send a note to the adult, and then turned around and left." What's wrong, my lord? ”
Besides, with a wave of his hand, there was only one sentence written on the note: There are spies among your people.
Moreover, before thinking back to the reception, he had already hurriedly bumped into the negotiators who reported to him, but on the occasion when Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi and others were there, he had no choice but to nod and respond, and didn't say anything.
Among these people, except for the officials sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which are somewhat out of specification, the officials sent by the other six ministries and other institutions are relatively normal, mainly officials at the department level, but between the fourth and fifth grades, but they are all professionals who are very proficient in the business of various ministries.
In addition to sending two department-level officials, the Great Honglu Temple also sent four interpreters, one of whom was Baturu, who was the one who was named to come.
He has been surrounded by Wang Chonggu and others, and he didn't have time to say anything to Baturu, so he could only nod his head.
He doesn't have any acquaintances here, so who sent him this note?
Could it be the secret agent arranged here by Jinyiwei?
He didn't know if Jinyiwei had placed secret agents in various places, after all, he was not very familiar with Jinyiwei's headquarters, but considering that Jinyiwei had people outside the fortress, it was completely possible to install secret agents at such an important border pass, and the imperial court would not be completely at ease with Wang Chonggu, a feudal official.
Besides, before leaving, Liu Shou told him that if the people of Jinyiwei saw him arrive, they would take the initiative to contact him and then listen to him. In this way, such an unclear strip is conveyed, which is obviously not like the style of Jinyiwei.
"Could it be the White Lotus Sect's counter-plot?"
He thought of the other extreme, but it was not impossible.
The White Lotus Sect is pervasive in the mainland, and it is not surprising that there are people from them in the post house, after all, it is a place where you come and go with the court officials, and it is very easy to listen to the news in this kind of place.
To pass on such a note first, so that he is wary of the officials below, and maybe even all the officials have received such a note, if this is the case, it is really a good strategy. This poisonous trick is called: to break the morale of the army with false rumors.
"My lord, what's on the note? It can't be someone who has bad intentions towards adults, right? ”
Ji Chang was a little panicked, he was afraid that someone would assassinate him, and besides, they already knew from the prefect who abandoned the darkness and turned to the light that several powerful families in the capital wanted to collude with the Wara and Uliangha tribes to attack the situation, and the most important means was assassination.
"No, I was reminded that there were spies among the negotiators, but I'm not sure if this was a well-intentioned reminder or a malicious discord." Besides, he said calmly.
"Discord meter? It's possible. Do you want me to ask someone else if they have received a similar message? Ji Chang said.
"You don't have to ask, even if you receive them, they may not tell, not to mention that it is not clear what is going on now. Be calm, don't mess around, ignore this note for now, and see what happens in the future. Besides.
"My lord, a few generals at the banquet just now also told their subordinates that they should change the name of the protection merchant group to the protection mission, and those materials were said to be military, but the subordinates felt that what they said was very reasonable." Ji Chang said.
At the banquet, Ji Chang and Sun Hu were all pulled to another table by the border generals to drink, which was far away from the table.
"Well, Governor Wang seems to mean the same, but he doesn't say it explicitly. But think about it, do they have ulterior motives for proposing this? Besides, he laughed.
"Ulterior motives?" Ji Chang didn't understand.
"Of course, if we say that it is to protect the merchant group, then 10,000 people are not considered combatants, and the Tatars may not care much, if it is to protect the mission, then there are 10,000 cavalry, and the Tatars must prepare at least 20,000 cavalry to guard against us, right?" Besides.
"But does it do any good for the border gates?"
"Of course there are benefits, the king of Alta can mobilize a total of 200,000 cavalry, this is still too much, the most elite of them is only 100,000, if 20,000 of the 100,000 elites are taken out to monitor and guard against us. There should also be 20,000 elites in the royal court, won't the pressure on the border be greatly relieved? Besides.
"This ......" Ji Chang was dumbfounded when he heard this, he really didn't expect this.
"These bastards have actually calculated on the heads of adults, I will settle accounts with them tomorrow." Ji Chang was furious.
"There is no need for this, if you can really mobilize 40,000 elite Tatar soldiers, why not? I'm afraid that this strategy is too clumsy, but it will be seen through at a glance, and then people won't play with you. And laughed through his nose.
He could see that Wang Chonggu didn't say this proposal explicitly, but he felt that it was too likely to be recognized.
But what he didn't expect was another point, he took 10,000 horses and 5,000 cars out of Beijing, and almost no one agreed, even Zhang Juzheng felt that he might be stopped at the border pass, if he hadn't repeatedly guaranteed that he had a way to let the Tartars let him go, it is estimated that the emperor would not agree.
He originally thought that when he arrived at the border pass, these governors and generals would definitely laugh at him, but he would have thought that these people would welcome his 10,000 horses very well.
If the 10,000 cavalry stayed at the border pass, it would naturally increase the strength of the guard, but once they arrived outside the pass, the situation was different, and the Tatars needed at least twice or even four times the number of troops to guard against it, and it was needless to say how important this was to the tense situation at the border pass.
Besides, he didn't expect this, but now he thinks of it, and he is happy to do so, but at the same time, he can think of it, the civil and military ministers at the border can think of it, and I Dawang and Zhao Quan can't think of it? It is not known what kind of countermeasures they will take, but it must be much more difficult to get out of the customs than originally thought.