Two days later, Yang Tinglin led a large delegation of envoys to Jurong and immediately became the focus of attention.

The water in the south of the Yangtze River is too deep, Wang Kefan can't play around, and only a Shilin leader like Yang Tinglin can control the form, in other words, although the Chu army won the Battle of Ningzhen, it had to give up most of the fruits of victory, and didn't want to get involved in the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Wang Kefan's appearance during this period was very low-key, and he never showed up in Jurong County, while the Chu army continued to attack Nanjing and Zhenjiang conscientiously, and had cleared most of the outlying strongholds and surrounded the Qing army in the city...... In the eyes of many people, this is Wang Kefan's expression of preparing to retreat, if he still wants the territory around Suzhou, Hangzhou and Taihu Lake, he should work hard now, get the support of all parties, and the bigger the momentum, the more scruples the court will have, and he will make certain concessions to him.

Yang Tinglin is the real master of Jiangnan!

In order to fight against the Chu army, the bigwigs of the Ming army have formed a loose alliance, and now they have the backbone, Tang Laihe, Wan Yuanji, Wang Yinghua, Chen Bangfu and other civil and military generals go in and out of Yang Tinglin's residence for 8 ∴ a day, and they don't stop discussing.

From the perspective of personal feelings, Tang Laihe has no hostility towards Wang Kefan and the Chu army, but the status quo of the Longwu court is here, if the Chu army is allowed to continue to grow, the whole country will be out of control, as a member of the civil officials and the leader of the imperial party, Tang Laihe must defend the interests of the Longwu court to the death. and did not hesitate to be an enemy of Wang Kefan because of this.

It's a war!

No less important than the Battle of Ningzhen!

Wang Kefan's territory is already big enough, and the Chu army is so capable of fighting. If he occupies the three provinces south of the Yangtze River again, he will wait for the change of dynasty. At that time, even if Wang Kefan himself does not plan to rebel, his subordinate generals will force him to wear a yellow robe, but any civilian and military generals who still have a little loyalty to the Ming Dynasty will not sit back and watch this happen.

Fu Dingquan has a deep relationship with Chu Jun, he has been worried these days, and he wanted to talk to Wang Kefan several times in private, but he couldn't find him...... Since Wang Kefan knows how to back down. The situation in the Longwu Imperial Court can be maintained.

He went to Tang Laihe and Yang Tinglin again, and persuaded not to persecute the Chu army too much, so as not to cause chaos, if Wang Kefan was angry and used force, who could beat the Chu army? When the time comes, the chickens and eggs will be empty.

"I'll take care of that." Yang Tinglin sighed and said: "Alas, the country is weak, and the military generals can only fight against the imperial court, and many times they can only compromise and seek perfection. As long as Wang Kefan doesn't come to get involved in Suzhou and Hangzhou, other things are easy to discuss. ”

"What if he has to take Su Hang?" Fu Dingquan asked.

"What's the difference between that and an open rebellion?" Yang Tinglin suddenly lost control. said angrily: "Zhu Chenggong has already taken Yangzhou, if Wang Kefan has the ability, he will do his best to recover Nanjing, and then the imperial court will return to Nanjing." He did Cao Cao directly! ”

Pretending to be angry and taking the opportunity to go crazy, Yang Tinglin yelled more and more. The more he couldn't hide the fear in his heart, if Wang Kefan sent the Chu army to grab the territory. The army that relied on Wan Yuan Ji and Su Guansheng could not resist.

Tang Laihe glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Yuntai is calm. It shouldn't have been such a decision, but if he really raised an army, no matter what kind of excuse he pretended, he would be a rebel and thief, and even if we were crushed, we would have to deal with it to the end! ”

Using the grain and salary of Suzhou and Hangzhou to hold the Chu army hostage and forcing Wang Kefan to cross the river and go on the Northern Expedition, this is the basic national policy related to the life and death of the Longwu court, and it is impossible to retreat...... If the Longwu Imperial Court retreats, the whole country will soon fall apart, and it will be death sooner rather than later, it is better to fight to the death with Wang Kefan, maybe you can crush him in the name of righteousness.

Fu Dingquan was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "If it is really that time, the students will definitely obey the orders of the imperial court and fight to the death with the Chu army, but before that, please think twice and be cautious again, so as not to hurt the vitality of the country ...... together."

He paused, and then continued: "There is another thing, I don't know what the two pavilion elders think, Suzhou and Hangzhou are still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, if the Chu army is not allowed to send troops, can the imperial court be sure to recover Hangzhou?" ”

And to guard Suzhou, Ji Xiha and Tian Xiong to guard Hangzhou, there are more than 10,000 elite Qing troops in total, but only the Chu army in the south of the Yangtze River is the best at fighting, if the Chu army is allowed to recover Hangzhou, it is easy to send God to the gods, people occupy Suzhou and Hangzhou and do not leave, and all kinds of calculations of the Longwu court will fail.

Yang Tinglin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, the imperial court has its own plans." ”

This is the highest level of military secret, and before it is implemented, it cannot be revealed to a feudal official like Fu Dingquan.

In recent years, the Longwu Imperial Court has organized and trained a new army, and it has also saved a little family foundation, which comes in handy at the critical moment. The new army was stationed near Guilin and was responsible for protecting the security of Beijing, and now that Guangxi was relatively stable, Emperor Longwu could take some risks to send the new army to Jiangnan, plus the soldiers and horses of Zhao Yinxuan, Jiao Lian, and Chen Bangfu and others, should be able to recover Hangzhou.

After Fu Dingquan left, Tang Laihe and Yang Tinglin sat opposite each other and sighed together.

"Will the new army from Guilin be too slow, in case the Qing reinforcements go south, wouldn't it be a combination of internal and external forces?" Tang Laihe was faintly worried.

"Now it's such a plan, if the situation changes, then the law of subordination." Yang Tinglin said: "Before I left Guilin this time, the saint repeatedly told me that the most important thing after arriving in Jiangnan is to pay close attention to the armament, and the volunteers from all walks of life and the green battalion can be reused anyway, and they can be purged and trained according to the law of the new army, but I only learned when I arrived in Jiangnan that the green battalion soldiers in Nanzhili are only a few thousand, and those volunteers are all rabble, and they are not able to be used in the end......

Grabbing land and grasping the army, this is Yang Tinglin's primary task, there is not enough army in his hands, everything must be subject to the Chu army, and seizing the important land in Suzhou and Hangzhou is an empty word, and the Longwu court holds the name of righteousness. Anyway, the green battalion soldiers can be driven by it, and they can effectively control the three provinces south of the Yangtze River.

But Yang Tinglin came to take a look. The soldiers of the Jiangnan Green Battalion were all defeated in the Battle of Ningzhen, and only a few thousand people returned to Shun anyway. It's not enough at all: "I intend to recruit Li Chengdong of Huizhou Mansion, what does Nandou Gong think?" ”

Tang Laihe said in a deep voice: "Li Chengdong's command is indeed a good soldier, but he was famous for his bloody washing in Jiangnan back then, and I am afraid that recruiting him will attract countless criticism......

"Hey—"

Yang Tinglin was disapproving, interrupted Tang Laihe and said: "Nandou Gong is too worried, state affairs are important, personal grievances are light, Li Chengdong just needs to put down the butcher's knife." is no longer the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, why mention some small things in the past? Yes, he killed some people back then, but at that time, each was his master, and it was no wonder that he was on his head, and those who have become big things since ancient times are not informal, so it's decided! ”

Tang Laihe glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "Since this is the case, let's recruit Tian Xiong who is stationed in Hangzhou together." As long as he is promised to be a high-ranking official, most of this person will sacrifice the city and surrender. ”

"Never!" Yang Tinglin took the case and said awe-inspiringly: "Tian Xiong's betrayal of the monarch's father is extremely shameless and unjust. We and other Ming courtiers hate the meat that can't be eaten, the skin of the bed, and they are different from each other. How can you surrender to him?! ”

The people are like ants, and Li Chengdong has killed more than 100,000 people in the past few years. It's just a small thing, everyone can shake hands and make peace.

The monarch is like heaven and earth. Tian Xiong betrayed Emperor Hongguang, who was the mortal enemy of the Donglin Party, and he wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

This is the orthodox concept that the scholar has always upheld, Tang Laihe did not refute it, but he felt that something was wrong in his heart, the Ming Dynasty was under the guidance of this concept, and regarded hundreds of millions of people as insignificant ants, and finally was overthrown by Li Zicheng...... "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat", everyone has heard this sentence, but there are few who really remember it in their hearts.

In Confucianism, there is a saying that the people are people-oriented very early, and Mencius even said: "The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light." But under the interpretation of the Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty, not all ordinary people can be called "people", after the bankrupt yeoman farmers became tenants, they were not far from robbers and thieves, craftsmen were like cattle and horses, merchants were like pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, military households were like slaves, as for the cheap households, beggars and other lowly people, it was not regarded as a person at all.

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The filial piety tomb was originally a huge building complex, which was damaged in the war, and could not be repaired on a large scale for the time being, so it was only cleaned as much as possible, and an auspicious day was chosen to hold a ceremony to worship the filial piety tomb.

Started walking in Xiamafang and walked in along the Shinto, Bu Congshan glanced at the huge stone tablet next to him, and quickly withdrew his gaze, looked at Wu Yipin, and showed a wry smile together.

Bu Congshan is the general soldier of Chitai, Wu Yipin is the prefect of Tu, after the Chu army invaded Nanzhili, Bu Congshan is the first batch of green camp generals anyway, Wu Yipin is the first batch of civil officials to return to Shun, both of them are too close to the Chu army, it is impossible to change the court, but all kinds of chaos in Jurong County have been seen in their eyes, and they feel very anxious in their hearts...... They must follow Wang Kefan to mix, one is prosperous, and one is lost, Wang Kefan has been very low-key recently, or he is very weak, he can't tell when he will slap his ass and leave, if the two of them are flashed in Nanzhili, they will suffer in the future.

As generals and officials, they were lined up at the end of the line, the big man had already crossed the Yuhe Bridge, they were still at the gate of Waiguo City, just entered the gate, but saw a second-grade officer sitting in the pavilion, it was Wan Yuanji, the governor of Fujian and Jiangxi, the boots on one foot were taken off, and the personal entourage was applying medicinal oil to him, and it seemed that he had twisted his foot.

In line with the principle of worshipping when they see the Buddha, Bu Congshan and Wu Yipin hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Wan Yuan Ji snorted lightly, as if he was saying that he was exempt, and it seemed to be just, in short, he didn't hear clearly.

Seeing that others ignored them, Bu Wu and the others hurriedly confessed and left, they are big people, and we must be interested in this kind of small shrimp.

After going out, Bu Congshan finally couldn't help but scold: "This guy was chased by me and almost committed suicide, but now he is pretending to be a cowhide, what a fucking villain, rampant and boundless!" ”

"The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, we were still wearing tartar skins at that time, and the harder we beat the Ming army, the more we can't mention it now." Wu Yipin whispered: "The governor of Wanji, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, now is the time to be proud, I don't know if I will become the governor of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces in a few days, I can crush you and me to death with a raise of my hand, and I can't say that kind of thing in the future." ”

"Damn ......" Bu Congshan's eyes rolled, and his mind suddenly opened up, and he asked: "This guy is short of soldiers and horses, how about we go to him?" ”

Wu Yipin's face changed sharply, he raised his hand and pressed Bu Congshan's mouth, looked left and right and said, "Do you want to die?" As the saying goes, choosing a master is like choosing a wife, how can you change the door lightly! Besides, if you stick it up, you can only sell yourself cheaply, so what's the benefit? At the moment, we can only continue to follow Wang Junmen, and we must not mess with ourselves. ”

"Alas, I just said it casually, and I was stunned by the face of the old thief." Bu Congshan said: "The court's rewards and punishments are unfair, and it is clear that it wants to suppress Wang Junmen, and I am really angry in my heart." ”

"In this world, there is no justice in the first place, otherwise why would the Ming Dynasty die back then, and how could you and I succumb to being thieves?" The two of them came to the stone statue road at this time, Wu Yipin pointed to a male lion and said: "Wang Junmen has laid such a big foundation with his own strength, how can he be at the mercy of others, there must be powerful back-up moves waiting for those civil officials, just let them be arrogant for a while." ”

"A great back-up move? What exactly is the aftermath? Bu Congshan asked.

"I don't know." Wu Yipin glanced at him and replied: "If I understand this, I would have been able to get to Wang Junmen's side earlier, why should I be a little Dangtu Prefect?" ”

"Hey, if you want me to say, you scholars are afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back! If I were Wang Junmen, I would directly send troops to occupy the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and whoever dares to mistreat Lao Tzu will play with him, what's the big deal? ”

"Hehehe, how can national affairs be such a child's play." Wu Yipin smiled and said: "Wang Junmen is fledgling, what's the use of occupying all the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River?" If you lose the support of the people, you can't kill all the people in Jiangnan. Don't worry, although Wang Junmen is young, he is a generation of heroes, and he must have a way to deal with it, we just need to wait and see how it gets better......"

After the tomb of Sun Quan, in front of the main gate of Xiaoling, the whole team, Bu Congshan and Wu Yipin, Wenwu Shutu, were divided into two different teams, both ranked in the back, the front was led by Wang Kefan and Yang Tinglin respectively, and Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, stood in the center.

The soldiers of the Chu army with helmets and armor stood solemnly in front of the door, and the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites checked the etiquette of the queue back and forth, with a burst of majestic bells and drums, everyone stepped into the filial piety tomb, and then stood solemnly again, after a complex ceremony was carried out in the sound of ritual music, Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, led everyone to enter the hall of enjoyment, and knelt down to worship the spiritual seat of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)