After Zhu Tianlin and the others explained their intentions, Wang Kefan was slightly taken aback.

He really didn't expect that Zhu Tianlin and others were so radical, bigger than his steps, that they would want to appease Zhang Xianzhong.

But after thinking about it carefully, Wang Kefan understood the truth. He knew the direction of history, of course, he had to wait for Zhang Xianzhong's death to appease the Great Western Army, and Zhu Tianlin and others were not traversers, so they didn't know that Zhang Xianzhong was about to hang up, so they were so anxious.

Rare!

Among the officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there are really not many people with such vision as Zhu Tianlin.

"What Mr. Zhenqing (Zhu Tianlin) said is very true, and I have this intention, but the time has not yet come, and this matter is still urgent." Wang Kefan first clarified his attitude, and then persuaded Zhu Tianlin and others politely.

He also wanted to form an alliance with the Great Western Army, but if Zhang Xianzhong did not die, this matter could not be discussed, and Nanming needed at least a nominal leadership position, and it would not work to unite Sun and Liu like in the Three Kingdoms era.

"I can't help but hurry! If Sichuan Yungui loses, I am afraid that the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty will be repeated! What Zhu Tianlin was worried about was that after Haoge defeated Zhang Xianzhong, he imitated the strategy of the Mongols to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and went south to occupy Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

"Sichuan has been in war for many years, ten rooms and nine empty, and the Qing army has no foothold there, let alone the strength to attack Yungui." Wang Kefan said.

Hauge has an army of more than 100,000 troops, and a large amount of food and grass is consumed every day, and the longer the battle line is stretched, the greater the supply pressure in the rear.

Because the Loyal Battalion cut off the waterway of the Yangtze River, the grain transported by the Manchus from the south of the Yangtze River had to be transported thousands of miles to Shaanxi, across several provinces in between, and then transported across the Qinling Mountains to Sichuan...... It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky. Nine catties of ten catties of grain were consumed on the road, and there was not much left in the Haoge army, which could not support him to stay in Sichuan for a long time, let alone go south to attack Yungui.

If it is in other places, this is not too much of a problem, the military food is not enough to eat, so they will rob the common people, this is the Qing army's forte, but Zhang Xianzhong and the Ming army have been fighting fiercely in Sichuan for many years. Everything that can be robbed has been robbed, everything that can be killed has been killed, a large number of fields have been abandoned, and the Qing army can't grab much if they want to.

(Zhang Xianzhong's Tuchuan is a controversial topic that has not yet been publicly discussed.) Some people say that he killed people like hemp and killed all the people in Sichuan. Some say he didn't kill much. It was mainly killed by the Qing army...... However, judging from the state of Haoge's march in history, Sichuan was indeed not populated at that time, and Haoge was unable to raise food on the spot in Sichuan, so he was forced to return to the court, and the rest of the Great Western Army was also preserved.

Of course, Sichuan's officers and troops are not good at stubble. When they fought with Zhang Xianzhong, they also burned and looted everywhere, and the people they killed may not be less than Zhang Xianzhong, and they waited until the Qing army finally killed them. Sichuan became a thousand miles of red land, so that later there was a matter of "Huguang filling Sichuan". ）

Zhang Jiayu took over the conversation: "Even if the Qing army can't defeat Yungui, they should do their best to appease Zhang Xianzhong." The imperial court still has 100,000 elite soldiers in Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong negotiated peace, so he can transfer this army out of Sichuan to solve Huguang's urgent needs. ”

The Great Western Army was entrenched in Sichuan, and there were more than 100,000 Ming troops fighting against them, several warlords of all sizes, and their combat effectiveness was reasonable.

Wang Kefan shook his head: "The officers and soldiers in Sichuan can't be counted on." ”

Unlike other places in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Sichuan has been on the front line for a long time, and the status of the warlords is higher, and the Sichuan governor Wang Yingxiong died of an unexpected illness.

"Wang Junmen said so, or he doesn't approve of appeasing Zhang Xianzhong?" Zhang Jiayu asked.

"Zhang Xianzhong wants to be the emperor, he must not be appeased, he can only wait for him and the Qing army to fight and lose, I will wait and see what happens." Wang Kefan is inconvenient to say too much.

"When is this going to be?" Zhu Tianlin was very disappointed, he was full of hope to get support from Wang Kefan, but he was poured cold water on his head.

"Soon, the battle of Sichuan has been fought for half a year, and the winner should be decided. A few people still don't know, Sichuan and Yunnan have been in a lot of chaos recently......"

Wang Kefan had just received the news that under the call of Emperor Longwu, two warlords in Sichuan went to attack Yunnan, and the other warlords took the opportunity to raid their nests in order to fight for territory, and those two warlords were also defeated by Tusi Shadingzhou.

The mud can't hold up the wall!

Since Shadingzhou can't be handled, Yunnan will still fall into the hands of the Great Western Army, Wang Kefan can only say speechless about this. If the strength of the Great Western Army is too strong, the process of appeasement will become very troublesome, and there will be suspicions that the tail will not be lost in the future.

"Mr. Zhenqing, I can't rush to appease this kind of thing, would you like to go to Huguang to help me?" Wang Kefan suddenly threw out an olive branch.

He was about to return to Huguang to serve as Admiral Caojiang, and his subordinates were in urgent need of capable civil officials, so he fell in love with Zhu Tianlin. Although this is a bit hasty, he and Zhu Tianlin have never had anything to do with each other, and they can't find a better opportunity.

Zhu Tianlin was obviously a little moved, he was not happy in the imperial court, and he really wanted to go to the front line to do some practical things.

But after hesitating for a moment, he still shook his head: "I have already handed the question book to the emperor, there must be a beginning and an end, and when this matter is resolved, it will not be too late for me to go to Huguang." ”

"Good! Deal! Wang Kefan was overjoyed and knocked on the corner.

"It's a deal!" Zhu Tianlin's tone was very resolute.

……

With the rise of Wang Kefan's faction, many newcomers have joined, including Zhu Tianlin, Zhang Jiayu and others, most of whom are marginal officials who have never met talents and have been excluded.

No matter what their purpose was to join Wang Kefan's faction, the result was the same, Wang Kefan's faction became more and more influential in the imperial court, and it was divided into three parts of the world with the southern faction and the Donglin Party, forming a new political pattern.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the party struggles in the officialdom continued, and the struggle between the three parties was a topic that everyone talked about, and gradually, the southern faction and the Wang Kefan faction had their own names, the southern faction was called the "Southern Party", and the Wang Kefan faction was called "Chu Xun".

Naming Wang Kefan's faction with "Chu Xun", instead of "XX Party", carries a hint of contempt in it, as if constantly reminding everyone that Wang Kefan's faction started by saving his family and relying on military exploits to make a living, that is to say, this is a warlord power group.

Wang Kefan is not taboo about this, when he is with his own people, he also talks about "Chu Xun", in the war years, the status of soldiers will continue to improve, those civilian officials are still self-righteous, showing contempt for military generals, sooner or later they will meet and break the bloodstream.

Chu Xun, the Southern Party and the Donglin Party, the three parties competed and balanced each other, which was the result of Emperor Longwu's deliberate guidance, "Chu Xun" is still on the weak side, but Wang Kefan believes that after he wins the next battle, Chu Xun's status in the court will rise significantly.

It's time to go back to Huguang! (To be continued......)