If Emperor Longwu can return to Jiangnan, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages for Wang Kefan.

The problem is that Emperor Longwu is not necessarily willing.

The memo was written quickly, but he was not in a hurry to send someone to send it, and Wang Kefan still needed to find a more suitable "intermediary" to hand over the recital.

That night, he held a family banquet at his residence to invite Guo Weijing and Tang Laihe.

Since it is a family banquet, it is more casual and cordial, Guo Weijing and Tang Laihe's dependents are not in Nanjing, Wang Kefan's wife Fu Shihua just arrived here half a month ago, and also accompanied the banquet for a while, talking about the situation in Guilin, but it was more than two months ago, at that time the Western army had not yet invaded Guangxi, the atmosphere in Guilin was not too tense, Wang Kefan sent someone to take the old mother and wife and children to Nanjing, but no one gossiped, but now the Western Army has conquered Liuzhou, the soldiers are under the city of Guilin, Wang Kefan evacuated his family in advance, it seems very far-sighted.

"This guy, I'm afraid I made up my mind to die at the beginning!" Guo Weijing secretly slandered, but he didn't show any expression on his face, and he still talked and laughed with Wang Kefan...... In any case, the recovery of Hangzhou is a great joy, the court also hopes that the Chu army can keep its promise and evacuate Hangzhou and Suzhou, whether this matter is successful or not, it is all in Wang Kefan's thoughts, I don't know what conditions he will prescribe, although Guo Weijing frequently raised his glass, but he did not taste the taste of wine at all, and he has been accompanied by twelve points of caution.

Wang Kefan seemed to have no interest in the situation in Guangxi, and quickly turned the topic back to Jiangnan, @一边和郭维经 and Tang Laihe discussed the issues of people's livelihood and economy, and occasionally introduced the customs and customs of Jiangnan to Fu Shihua. A simple word, even a look. You can understand what the other party means with one expression, and Guo Weijing and Tang Laihe are a little hot-eyed...... It is said that Xiao Biesheng is newlywed. Can a long absence be better than a newlywed? Although Wang Kefan and Fu Shihua did not intend to show affection, Guo Weijing and Tang Laihe were very stimulated, and they all remembered that the old wife in Guilin City had a small family, and if Guilin City was broken, I don't know if they would be fine.

Fu Shihua sat down for a while, got up and said goodbye, and made a blessing to Guo Weijing and Tang Lai, and regarded himself as a junior in terms of etiquette, which was discussed from Fu Guan. Fu Guan is Fu Shihua's uncle, and he is a minister in the same hall as Guo Tang, if you really want to count it up, Wang Kefan is also a generation younger than them...... Fu Shihua performed the junior salute, but Guo Weijing and Tang Laihe hurriedly stood up and avoided the side, not daring to accept this salute. Just kidding, the two of them have too many things to be controlled by the Chu army, and Wang Kefan is at most an equal and cooperative relationship, and Wang Kefan is still on the strong side. Is it honorable to be his elder?

After a little politeness, Fu Shihua went out to the back house, Guo Tang and Wang Kefan chatted, only to know that Wang Kefan's mother was also here. Hurriedly went into the inner house to meet together, and held the etiquette of the juniors, and did not dare to have the slightest support.

After a courtesy visit. A few people left the inner house and came to the side hall. The soldiers brought tea and carefully closed the door when they exited. The conversation turned to the point.

"I invite the two of you here today, there is an inquiry, I intend to advise His Majesty to move to Hangzhou, I don't know what the two of you think?" Wang Kefan got straight to the point.

As the saying goes, if you don't die until the heart of the Yellow River, there has been a gap between Emperor Longwu and Wang Kefan, and from Wang Kefan's point of view, persuade him to go to Jiangnan, no matter how sincere he says, it will be difficult for Emperor Longwu to listen...... Whether it is Hangzhou or Nanjing, if you want Emperor Longwu to come to Jiangnan, you need to convince Emperor Longwu alone, Tang Laihe is the leader of the imperial party, Guo Weijing is the cabinet boss, the two of them are the representatives of Emperor Longwu in the Jiangnan region, if they both hold opposing opinions, Emperor Longwu will definitely not come, so Wang Kefan must convince them first.

"In the opinion of Yuntai, is Guilin really unable to hold it?" Tang Laihe's brows tightened.

"The army of more than 100,000 tigers and wolves of the Western Army, even if they win for a while, they will continue to kill them in the back, and there will be a time when they can't resist it, just like this battle of Liuzhou, the imperial court soldiers and horses have done their best to defeat Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan one after another, but as soon as Liu Wenxiu arrived, Liuzhou was finally broken." Wang Kefan sighed lightly: "Alas, back then, Zhang Xianzhong was all over the world, a generation of heroes, and the four righteous sons under his command were all generals who could conquer and fight, Liu Wenxiu was actually not the most powerful, if Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were in person, I am afraid that the rebels would win faster." ”

"What if the main force of the Chu army is transferred to Guangxi?" Guo Weijing's eyes were as sharp as lightning, staring at Wang Kefan's eyes.

"You can fight with one, and the number of wins is between five and five." Wang Kefan shook his head and said: "If you want to defeat Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang will definitely not sit idly by, the battle will get bigger and bigger, and in the end, it will be difficult to ride a tiger." The Yunnan rebels were all elite soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong, and in recent years, they have been recuperating in recent years, and the imperial court can defeat them unless they mobilize troops from all over the country, but in that case, the three provinces south of the Yangtze River and Huguang and Jiangxi are all wide open, if the Qing army takes advantage of the weakness to enter, how can the situation be cleaned up? ”

Wang Kefan said it almost clearly, the Chu army must first defend its own territory, first hold Huguangjiangxi and the vicinity of Nanjing, it is impossible to rescue Emperor Longwu, but the Qing army copied the nest.

Tang Laihe pondered for a moment and said: "The city of Guilin is strong, if the Chu army can send more than 10,000 elite soldiers to help King Qin to help fight and enter Guilin to help defend the city, it may not be impossible to fight with Liu Wenxiu." The so-called Son of Heaven guards the country, the rebels are now under the banner of the Yongwang, demagoguery, arrogant, although the soldiers and horses of the court can not be flat for a while, they should also stick to Guilin and not retreat, if they are frightened by the rebels and flee, how do the people of the world think of His Majesty? ”

The Longwu court and the Yongwang regime (Western Army) both said that they were Ming Zhengshuo, and the two families scolded each other for being rebels and thieves, and now the rebels have come to the doorstep, and Emperor Longwu fled Guilin in a hurry, and everyone in the world must feel that the Yongwang regime is the winner, and people's hearts will be tilted towards their backs, so for the consideration of Emperor Longwu, he tried to hold Guilin at this time.

"When the Chu army entered Guilin, it became a fortress and a dead defense, and they could only hope that the Western Army would make mistakes, and perhaps there would be a glimmer of life. I am most taboo in using soldiers to defend one city and one place, and both of them should know it. Wang Kefan refused Tang Laihe without hesitation, the Chu army could rescue Emperor Longwu, and even help the Longwu army fight. But entering the Guilin encirclement as cannon fodder, this kind of thing must not be done: "The reason why the imperial court guards Guilin." I've heard it over and over again for the first two months, so I'll give it a try. At the critical moment, the Chu army will naturally send troops to rescue and will not let His Majesty be disturbed. But there must be a perfect plan for major national affairs, and if Guilin can't hold it, how should the imperial court deal with it, and the two of them don't know what to do......"

Fighting a war is not a matter of swearing, the strength of the Western Army is there, if Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo lead the main force of the Western Army into Guangxi one after another, even if Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao are compensated. It can't stop the Western Army from capturing Guilin, and Emperor Longwu will look for a place to settle everywhere like a lost dog at that time, and the future military formation policy will also be a mess, which will cause greater chaos, and even be pursued by the Western Army to enter Guangdong...... Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, what should you do if you can't keep Guilin. Have you thought about it?

"How about being located in Ganzhou?" Tang Laihe asked lightly, but he was quietly observing Wang Kefan's reaction.

"Ganzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, His Majesty's line is located in Ganzhou, and reinforcements can be obtained on all sides. Don't worry about the rebels for the time being, but Ganzhou is located in southern Gan, between the mountains. The traffic is unfavorable and the population is sparse. Since ancient times, it has not been a place of dragon prosperity, and His Majesty's line should still be located in a big city. Wang Kefan told eloquently. The reason is irrefutable, the emperor is particular about staying in a "land of Longxing", "the capital of the emperor", to repair an imperial mausoleum to see the feng shui several times, Emperor Longwu retreated to Guilin, is a helpless choice under the crisis, now there are several provinces of territory, but to hide in the city of Ganzhou, it seems that there is no emperor's ambition to dominate.

"Since Ganzhou is not good, how about Guangzhou?" Guo Weijing asked.

"Guangzhou is located in Lingnan and is too close to Guangxi, which is still inappropriate." Wang Kefan's tone was light, and he seemed to be disdainful of Guangzhou.

In fact, he was most worried that Emperor Longwu was persuaded by the Southern Party to move to Guangzhou, and if it continued to develop like that, the two Guangzhous headed by the Southern Party would form a de facto split with other provinces, although Wang Kefan was far away from the emperor and was free, but he would continue to be marginalized within the Longwu regime, and only by letting Emperor Longwu return to Jiangnan, could he step by step strengthen his control over the Longwu court and complete his grand plan with the help of this banner.

"......" Guo Weijing was silent for a while.

Although he is a bigwig of the Southern Party and hopes that the Longwu court will stay in Liangguang, he cannot refute these two reasons put forward by Wang Kefan. In the Song Dynasty, Guangdong was still a place for the army to be distributed, and in people's impressions, they were all backward places inhabited by barbarians...... What's more, in the battle of Liuzhou, the Western Army showed great strength, obviously not to the fullest, if Emperor Longwu retreated to Guangzhou, the Western Army chased after the ass and followed, could it not be possible to flee for his life at that time?

"What Yuntai means, in fact, we all understand that it is not impossible for His Majesty to move to Hangzhou, but the matter between Liangguang and the southwest has not yet been resolved, and the rebels cannot be allowed to make trouble." Tang Laihe was the leader of the imperial party, and he hated Sun Kewang the most, and if it was possible, he was eager to lead his army into Yunnan to eradicate Sun Kewang and the eternal king Zhu Cihuan.

"This matter has to be considered in the long run." Wang Kefan said: "Sun Kewang sits on Yungui and southern Sichuan, with an army of more than 100,000 under his command, and uses the banner of Yongwang to demagogue, how can it be wiped out lightly?" Instead of meeting each other with swords and soldiers, and fighting to the death with him, it is better to retreat from its edge and wait for changes, although the banner of Yongwang can call on the world for a while, but after a long time, if the people can't live and work in peace and contentment, Sun Kewang is unwilling to go north to clear the captives, sooner or later he will still lose the hearts of the people......"

The fortresses were conquered from within, and the Western Army was not monolithic, but by attacking Guangxi, the internal contradictions were all covered up, and if the Longwu regime retreated to the eastern part of Guangxi, with the elongation of the battle line, the Western Army suffered several setbacks on the battlefield, and contradictions and internal bars would occur...... Wang Kefan's move to overcome the "peaceful * evolution" of softness and rigidity is much smaller than the cost of a desperate battle, and the effect will be better.

"This is indeed a feasible strategy." Guo Weijing was thrilled.

Although the Western Army is brave and good at fighting, it is not as good as the Manchu Tartars, so the Longwu court is not too afraid, what is really afraid is the golden signboard of Yongwang Zhu Cihuan, but Zhu Cihuan may not have the ability to govern the country, and he is Sun Kewang's puppet, if there is a problem with the principles and policies of the Yongwang regime, and the internal affairs are not well governed, it will lose the support of the people and gentry.

"Does Yuntai mean to make peace with the rebels?" Tang Laihe asked.

"Since it is a rebel, of course it can't be peaceful, but it can be appeased, the imperial court can even appease Zhang Xianzhong back then, Sun Kewang is just his righteous son, why can't he be appeased?" The appeasement that Wang Kefan said was just a fig leaf, but in fact it was to negotiate peace with the Western Army.

"The rebels have just conquered Liuzhou and are attacking Guilin, so I'm afraid they won't be appeased." Tang Laihe's eyes flashed, obviously using his brain like Brother Yixiu, calculating the pros and cons of peace talks.

"To promote peace, beat him twice, and beat Sun Kewang so badly that he knew that we were not easy to mess with, so he would shrink back to Yungui. When I finish the battle in Jiujiangfu, I can free up my hands to attack Hubei, and if Liu Wenxiu is still obsessed during this period, everyone will have a good competition to see if it is the courage of the Western Army back then, or our Chu army is good at fighting......" Wang Kefan said eloquently, expressing his opinion.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, the south of the Yangtze River was vast and sparsely populated, and it had not yet been fully developed, and the Eastern Wu felt that its strength was the weakest, and the Central Plains region was the political and economic center of the country...... Today's times are completely different, the population of Sichuan has almost been killed, but the economy of Jiangnan is far ahead of the whole country, the Longwu court occupies Jiangnan, Liangguang, Huguang and Jiangxi, and the western army is only shrinking in Yunnan and Guizhou.

“…… His Majesty moved to Hangzhou, controlled the soldiers and horses of the towns, curbed the king of Lu in the east, and then guarded Guangxi with a general, sent the towns to cross the river and the northern expedition, and expelled the Manchu Qing from the Guanwai, so that the world can be determined, and the rebels are no longer troublesome, what do the two gentlemen think? Wang Kefan drew a big pie with great sincerity.

Tang Laihe's heart was pounding.

The Longwu Imperial Court was located in Hangzhou, and it was close to controlling various warlords and feudal officials such as Wang Kefan, Jin Shenghuan, Zheng Chenggong, Wan Yuanji, and Su Guansheng. (To be continued......) R1292