said that it was suspicious, but in fact, it was just that the intelligence officers in Guiyang had not yet obtained tangible evidence that Sun Kewang had sent troops, but these sent to Chen Wen were no longer just suspicious. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"At the end of the month, the Qin clan canonized Ma Jinzhong, the general under his command, as the king of Jiading, Feng Shuangli as the king of Xing'an, and Zhang Hu, the general of the cronies, as the marquis of Dongchang.

Chen Wen's words were full of sarcasm, but the officials attending the meeting were either worried or had disdain for Sun Kewang written on their faces.

According to the intelligence, this move was made because Sun Kewang's confidant Wenchen Fang Yuxuan made a plan for him, saying: "Now that the emperor is in Yunnan, the country is supplemented, and the people's hearts gradually belong to him." The ministers will invite the lord of the country to be honest and pay homage to the Lord of Wenwu, and the people's hearts will be determined. Sun Kewang was not in a hurry to become the emperor, but he first worshiped the Lord of Wenwu, and it is self-evident what his thoughts are.

It is no secret that Sun Kewang wants to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, and it is well known in Yungui. On the side of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, thanks to Zhou Jingting's instructions to Lu Liuliang and other pen sticks in the newspaper, the gentry and the common people have long known that the emperor has been under house arrest by a rogue named Sun Kewang in a thousand households over the years, and this rogue has almost written the two big characters of usurpation on the door of his head, and he can't wait for the whole world to know that he is a living Cao Cao.

"King, how many soldiers are there on the side of King Jin and King Shu, and how much is the difference between them and Sun Kewang?"

The year before last, Zhang Huangyan was rescued by Chen Wen, and after returning to his hometown for a while, he went to Chen Wen's side to report, and Chen Wen arranged for him to be the head of the Military Justice Department.

Those who can sit in this position have all been Chen Wen's cronies before, but Zhang Huangyan is a person, saying that he is a cronie, but in fact, it is much worse, at least Chen Wen and Zhang Huangyan are still allies in their respective positions.

Zhang Huangyan was defeated in Nanzhili, and the remnants were quickly incorporated by Chen Wen, and now he is a light commander, just like when he was under Zheng Chenggong, he was sent to Chen Wen, but the upper layer of his loyalty chain is also not Chen Wen, but Zhu Youlang, the son of Yongli, and at most Zhu Yihai, the old lord of Lu.

It is understandable that civil officials are like this, and Zhang Huangyan is not the kind of person who "climbs high branches", otherwise he can get high-ranking officials in history, so why bother to die to prove his noble ambitions.

At this moment, hearing that Sun Kewang was like this, Zhang Huangyan immediately asked. On the contrary, most of the officials present are the core ruling layer of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, but they also have great interest and curiosity in Zhang Huangyan's problems.

Chen Wen nodded, and the director of the Military Intelligence Department stood up, and then explained to the officials present: "According to the intelligence, the King of Jin and the King of Shu now occupy most of Yunnan and Guangxi, and they once had southern Sichuan, but they were expelled by Sun Kewang's troops. In terms of troops, the 30,000 or 40,000 southwest royal divisions brought back by the King of Jin from Guangdong, there are still 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yunnan, but many of them have Sun Kewang's cronies, such as Wang Shangli, Wang Ziqi, and He Jiuyi, who are all holding heavy troops, and as for the Wang Shi and Tusi in Guangxi, their combat effectiveness and loyalty are not necessary to be counted at all. ”

After talking about Li Dingguo, the director of the Military Intelligence Department then talked about Sun Kewang: "Sun is hopeful, in the past two years, there have been people who have provoked my Jiangsu and Zhejiang kings. However, his people are so despicable, and God also let him eat a deflated meal and lose the base camp of Yunnan. Now Sun Kewang occupies Guizhou and the southern part of Huguang, and his territory has been greatly reduced, but there are 200,000 soldiers, which are still not to be underestimated. ”

"So much?"

Hearing this answer, even if the person in charge of the guard house on weekdays was shocked, so did others.

It must be known that the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang now occupies the entire territory of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces, most of Nanzhili and Fujian, and a small part of Guangxi. In such a vast area, there is no lack of wealth, and there are only 200,000 soldiers, many of which are local garrisons and sailors, and Sun Kewang's territory is a little too eye-catching compared with the number of troops under his command.

"There's nothing wrong with this, Sun Kewang is expected to recuperate in Yunnan and give the land to the southwest Wang Division, but it has turned Guizhou Province into a huge military cantonment, and it is not strange to be able to raise so many soldiers."

Guizhou's military tun, that is, everyone except the soldiers will be turned into auxiliaries, and all the production will be returned to the public, and the use of auxiliaries will all depend on the distribution, and it is still a small fixed share.

Such a policy, the driving force all depends on the whip of the supervisor, and it can be said that it is a world of difference from the side of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang. However, Sun Kewang's ability to engage in internal affairs is indeed terrifying, in history, relying on the two poor provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou to feed the more than 200,000 troops at the peak, it may not be possible to have him in person, Li Dingguo is not good, Liu Wenxiu is not good, Chen Wen asked himself and did not have the ability to play so much just by playing Juntun.

"There is such a huge disparity in troops, the king, you should quickly send troops to the king to solve the danger of the Son of Heaven."

Sun Kewang sent troops to commit internal crimes, relying on rewards to stabilize people's hearts, and the next step was naturally to get rid of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, just like the general he added to Bai Wenxuan, to recruit the general. Who is the inverse? Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and these two cronies, who else is there.

But since Sun Kewang dared to tear his face and commit an internal crime, Yongli's fate was obvious, either he was placed under house arrest again, or he was forced to give in, and it was even more likely that Sun Kewang killed the monarch and framed Li Dingguo and then supported the crown prince Zhu Cixuan to ascend the throne - a child who is a few years old is better than Yongli as an adult.

However, Zhang Huangyan made an impassioned statement, but none of the other officials present at the meeting echoed it, but several officials expressed some different opinions on whether or not to send troops.

"The king, the king of Jin was able to become a famous king twice, and he was also a hero when he thought about it, so with Sun Rebellion's poor performance in the battle at the fork in the road, it is estimated that it is good not to be captured alive by the king of Jin. On the contrary, it is our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Division, who has been fighting bloody for many years, the sergeants are tired, and they have just moved to Nanjing, the military supply is tight, and the local situation is not very stable, so it is better to wait and see what happens. ”

The official said it, and even if it was echoed. Zhang Huangyan looked at the official in disbelief, he was also a civil official, he had passed the imperial examination, and he had the reputation of showing talent, if he was in trouble today, he could say such things, it was really unbelievable.

What is even more terrifying is that he proposed to send troops to rescue him, but no one at the meeting catered to him, and as soon as the proposal not to send troops came out, most of the officials attending the meeting agreed. The high-level of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Divisions was like this, which really gave rise to a chill in his heart, which was cold and piercing.

"Does His Royal Highness King Yue mean the same thing?!"

The more voices echoed, Zhang Huangyan glanced at it for a week, but he couldn't suppress it at all. The chill in his heart was even worse, Zhang Huangyan raised his eyebrows and angrily, and asked Chen Wen loudly.

The scene in front of him was quite unexpected by Chen Wen. Some of the discussions held privately by officials in the Yue Wangfu were already mentally prepared by Chen Wen from the report of the Supervision Department. But such a blatant opposition to King Qin still surprised him.

However, accidents are not unthinkable. Just as Zhang Huangyan's anger was not surprising, so were the officials in attendance.

In the final analysis, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies were a military and political group that developed independently, and their careers and wealth were all given by Chen Wen. Assuming that the king of Qin sent troops, in the face of Sun Kewang's army of more than 100,000, it was inevitable that there would be some damage. Once the Yongli court got the benefit of the fisherman, the result was self-evident, and even Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were both defeated, should the emperor return to Nanjing? If they come back, there will be a struggle for power, not to mention anything else, a imperial examination, so that they should be treated by these civil official training classes and officials directly appointed by Chen Wen.

In the same way, the return of the Son of Heaven is not a good thing for Chen Wen, he has not yet had time to deal with the gentry in Jiangnan, once the imperial power and the gentry join forces, how to implement the Qingzhang Tianmu, how to crack down on smuggling at sea, and how dare the Northern Expedition dare to send troops boldly and with confidence.

"Zhang Shangshu should not be impatient, what everyone here just mentioned is the practical problem that my Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Shi is facing now. Of course, King Qin still has to go. However, this matter is very important, and we must always consider ways and means, and we must not blindly do it. You must know that this good situation is now the price of countless soldiers with their lives and blood, they are not numbers, they are all living people, we still have to cherish it. ”

Chen Wen said a word, and the officials present echoed it, but Zhang Huangyan was still staring at Chen Wen, and the words that burst out of his mouth could be said to be full of the sound of gold and stone.

"Then according to the way and method of His Royal Highness King Yue, should Wang Shi immediately send troops to Qin Wang, or wait for the court to share the result with Sun Yi and then clean up the mess!"

Zhang Huangyan asked so much, and the officials attending the meeting scolded him for being rude, but Chen Wen, the prince, didn't care too much. The reason is very simple, if Zhang Huangyan didn't do this, then he needed to be vigilant, because Cao Conglong was so confused by Chen Wen before he sent troops to Quzhou.

"Zhang Shangshu should not be angry, and the troops must be sent immediately, otherwise why would this king arrest everyone from the bed for a meeting? But the problem wants to be solved, in the final analysis, it still has to fall into practice, not just by imagination can be solved, the sages of Donglin also advocated the exemption of industrial and commercial taxes, in order to please the heavens, the result of natural disasters is still the same, and they were forced to share the tax pressure of the northwest people were forced to rebel, otherwise how could the Tartars be so easy to enter the customs. ”

For the first time, Chen Wen publicly bombarded the Donglin Party's behavior in the Chongzhen Dynasty at a meeting, which really startled Zhang Huangyan. But Zhang Huangyan has never been the kind of person who can say anything like "don't be an An An and starve", and he is not a serious Donglin Party, but has a good relationship with some anti-Qing people from the Donglin Party. What's more, he urgently needs Chen Wen to order the dispatch of troops to King Qin, and he can't raise any interest in refuting these.

"Then how is His Royal Highness the King of Yue going to send troops?"

"That's exactly what the overnight meeting today is going to look at."

Speaking of this, Chen Wen's face froze, and he immediately got up and said: "As far as this king knows, when Xiying was attached to Huangming, it was a collegial meeting of Sun, Li, Liu, and Ai. However, as the person in charge, Sun Wei contributed to the country without any merits, but he put the Son of Heaven under house arrest for several years, wantonly slaughtered loyal ministers and righteous people, and was angry with the people. The king of Jin raised troops to serve the king, which was a move to respond to the people, but Sun Shun refused to give up, intending to raise troops to commit crimes, and I could not sit idly by and ignore them. ”

"However, our troops have been fighting for many years, and the sergeants are tired; The Yue Wangfu was relocated to Nanjing, and the south of the Yangtze River has not yet stabilized; The transformation of the health center is underway, and there are many variables. In addition, there are many difficulties, but the matter of King Qin should not be delayed, and the princes should do their best, so as not to happen such unspeakable things today when the situation is very good. ”

"The lower officials and others must obey the king's orders."

Chen Wen glanced at it, and most of the officials attending the meeting were a little apprehensive, and seeing this, he said: "This king has had a plan before, and it is feasible after the analysis of the General Staff Department. However, Sun Wei sent troops earlier than expected, and now we can only speed up the progress and solve the chaos in the southwest as soon as possible, so that we can better enhance our strength and prepare for the Northern Expedition. ”

According to Chen Wen's memory, from the time Li Dingguo took over the car to Yunnan, to Sun Kewang's internal crimes, there were more than a year and nearly two years. At the time, he was very strange, but after reading some other accounts, he was relieved.

But now, Sun Kewang will start an army in less than a year, and this monkey rush is really beyond Chen Wen's expectations.

But if you think about it, it's actually normal. At that time, the situation was different from the current situation, Hong Chengchou's Changsha shogunate was strong, and it was blocking the southern part of Huguang, Sun Kewang at the gate of the Guizhou base camp, and even under the hostility between the two sides, there was also Gushan Ezhen Arzin sent troops to seize Chenzhou, which caused Sun Li to be forced to temporarily shake hands and make peace under pressure.

Compared with now, Sun Kewang occupies the southern part of Huguang, Chen Wen's territory is still being consumed, and Fan Wencheng has already shown fatigue, retreating to the northern part of Huguang, and does not dare to invade the south, which is really a big gap.

Sun Kewang was in a hurry to send troops to commit internal crimes now, just because he wanted to beat Chen Wen for a time difference and quickly solve Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, so that he could use the vast area of Yunnan, Guizhou, southern Huguang and most of Guangxi to compete with Chen Wen and ensure that there was a pattern of one of the three parts of the world.

"Sun Wei now occupies Guizhou and southern Huguang, with nearly 200,000 troops, which can be called a strong soldier. The total strength of our army is better than that of Sun Wei, but it occupies a vast area and faces more other forces, especially in Huainan, where our army's three divisions plus 10,000 local garrisons, no less than 50,000 troops are stationed, and the superior strength of the Tartars is still walking on thin ice. There are not many troops that can be drawn out now, so it is even more necessary to calculate clearly before sending troops. ”

"This king can say bluntly, this battle, if it is not clear, in the past Yanping Domain, King Qin and the center left were broken, and this king attacked Quzhou and Cao Conglong's rebellion broke out, I am afraid that it will emerge today."