After Yao Zhizhuo and the others returned to the post house, Sun Kewang began to discuss with a few cronies. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This matter is a strategy, and Fan Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Ma Zhaoxi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wan Niance, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, all attended the meeting. But this matter has little to do with the ministry, so Fan Ying didn't rush to speak, but Ma Zhaoxi spoke before Wan Niance.

"The lord of the country, Weichen thinks that Qian Muzhai's three bureaus are indeed desirable, if they can really cross the Yangtze River, with the ruined north, it is not easy for the Tartars to feed the army, and it is not a lie to watch its self-defeat. If the wealth and goods of the southeast are used to feed the army of the southwest, millions of people can easily obtain it, and it is indeed far easier than relying only on the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. ”

The wealth of the southeast is a well-known thing, and the ruined north Sun Kewang also saw it himself, or there are also their credits in this, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were not rich in the first place, and it was not easy for Sun Kewang to feed an army of more than 200,000 people, first of all, Sun Kewang had already agreed with this in finance.

Ma Zhaoxi won the jackpot, and Fan Ying then mentioned some topics about the abundance of talents in the southeast, and then it was the turn of the Wannian Strategy.

"The lord of the country, in the eyes of Wei Chen, the key to the three games of this catalpa is whether the army can occupy Huguang, and it is not difficult to capture Huguang and go downstream. Nowadays, the Tartars of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Nanzhili are all locked on the body of Chen Wen, the Marquis of Anyuan, and the precautions above the Yangtze River must not be high. Moreover, even if the Tartars gathered in the Yangtze River, in the opinion of the ministers, they would not be able to resist the attack of the army. ”

It is a recognized fact that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the southwest is strong, and although Sun Kewang was defeated by the hands of the Eight Banners Army, he did not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the army because of this. Wan Niance's words directly refer to the military, and Sun Kewang also greatly agreed after weighing the pros and cons in this regard.

Seeing that Sun Kewang nodded, Ren Jian opened his mouth to talk about the political significance of seizing Nanjing, they are all Sun Kewang's cronies, and they know very well the psychology of Sun Kewang's quest to usurp the throne, but it is precisely because they are Sun Kewang's cronies, so the desire for Sun Kewang to be able to unify the world is naturally greater, the simplest truth, a staff member who rebels against the king of several provinces or a heavy minister of the founding lord of the world, which is more important, you can know which is more important.

Compared to the Qin Palaces in Guiyang, and even more than any city south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing is far from it in a political sense. It's not just the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing is the land of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and only Zhu Yuanzhang has really succeeded in fighting the north from the south since ancient times. As long as they take Nanjing, Sun Kewang will be equivalent to winning most of the world, which makes them all try their best to persuade Sun Kewang to agree to the plan of "three games".

The four of them took turns to persuade him, and Sun Kewang actually agreed with it, and it was only the last straw that he could make up his mind.

Seeing this, I saw Ma Zhaoxi arching his hand and saying: "There will not be too many righteous troops in Nanzhili, and the combat effectiveness may not be comparable to the green battalion." Weichen thinks that the people he is worried about now are none other than Zhu Chenggong, the Duke of Zhangguo, Fujian, and Chen Wen, Marquis of Anyuan, Zhejiang. The king recovered Nanjing, with the edict of the Son of Heaven in hand, such as Guizhou and Sichuan, the alliance can collect his army for his own use, if the two do not listen to the order, the army will go south, Zhu and Chen are just mantis arms as a car. ”

What Ma Shangshu said was very true, and Weichen also felt that as long as the king could recover Nanjing, the Son of Heaven would decree that Zhu and Chen would only have the only way to live. However, before that, it is necessary for high-ranking officials to be generous and rewarded, so as to reassure their hearts, after all, the Tartars are still there, and it is better not to use swords and soldiers. ”

"Weichen and others seconded the proposal."

Infighting, Sun Kewang has never been afraid, he has gained his current power and status in infighting again and again. Ma Zhaoxi and Ren Zuo's words entered Sun Kewang's heart, especially Ren Zuo, in addition to the Qing army in the north, in fact, they did not make it clear that Li Dingguo was also singled. In contrast, this famous general, who was one of the four princes of the Great Western Army with Sun Kewang, was far more threatening to Sun Kewang than Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong.

There are priorities, Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong can't be allowed to form a group, let alone Li Dingguo and these two guys join forces.

Winning over Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong and letting them act in accordance with the "Three Bureaus" can naturally isolate Li Dingguo, but the best way is to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle and remove this threat once and for all, so that the Great Western Army will be closely united under his banner, and naturally there will be no need to worry about Chen Wen, Zheng Chenggong and the like. This is something that Sun Kewang has been thinking about for several months, and the difference is actually just a moment.

"This matter is decided, and Yao Zhizhuo will be summoned tomorrow."

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The next day, Sun Kewang summoned Yao Zhizhuo and agreed on a military plan to attack Huguang next year to open up the Yangtze River, which was considered to be a final.

However, when they came, Yao Zhizhuo and the others were also preparing to meet the Son of Yongli by the way, and Sun Kewang had no reason to stop this matter, especially now that he had to count on the Ming army in the southeast and the anti-Qing people in the southeast to help him gain a firm foothold in Nanzhili, it was impossible to stop Yao Zhizhuo's audience.

Fortunately, An Long is full of his people and eyeliner from the outside to the inside, Fan Yingxu is the prefect of Anlong Mansion, Zhang Yingke is the prime minister Titang official, these two people are his cronies, and such as Wen'an Hou Ma Jixiang, and the eunuch Pang Tianshou who is in charge of the seal are also his eyes and ears. Yao Zhizhuo begged to see the Son of Heaven Yongli, and the Son of Heaven set up a banquet, but he didn't dare to say anything under the surveillance of that piece inside and out, in fact, even if he said it, he couldn't quench his thirst from far away, could it be that those Donglin Party mouth cannons in the southeast could spray Sun Kewang to death thousands of miles away?

After leaving Anlong, Yao Zhizhuo and his entourage set off to return to Jiangnan with Yongli's edict, Sun Kewang's edict and inscription, five replies from the university scholar Lei Yuelong, and Sun Kewang's edict appointing He Wangsheng as the squire of the military department.

However, Yao Zhizhuo and others left, and the performance of Yongli Tianzi and the courtiers also made Fan Yingxu and others relax their vigilance. At the home of Wu Zhenyu, the first assistant minister of the cabinet, Wu Zhenyu was explaining some last things to the Confucius Zhou official of the Hanlin Academy.

Since Ma Jixiang and Pang Tianshou have been completely dependent on Sun Kewang since June last year, and Sun Kewang's personal trust writers, Fang Yuxuan, and others have begun to build momentum for the matter of "Sun Kewang of Yongli Tianzi's Zen Throne", at the end of last year, Lin Qingyang, a member of the military selection division of the military department who had asked Zhang Gongyan to observe the actual situation of the three Ming armies, Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, and Chen Wen, set out to see Li Dingguo, hoping to use Li Dingguo's hand to free the Yongli Imperial Court from Sun Kewang's control.

After half a year, Lin Qingyang was gone, and the courtiers led by Yongli Tianzi and Wu Zhenyu, the first assistant minister of the cabinet, could no longer sit still, so they had to use the excuse of "Nanning has recently recovered, and important ministers are needed to sit in charge" as the reason to support Ma Jixiang, and at this time, with Sun Kewang's cronies to relax their vigilance, they decided to let Zhou Guan secretly set off for Li Dingguo's army.

"The edict must be put away, and it must not be made known. Be sure to ask the king of Xining to return to his teacher to relieve the pain of overhang. (To be continued.) )