Maybe Jinyiwei has always been famous for its notoriety in history, but in Wang Lanping's view, the era of monarchy is really indispensable to such a yamen, from the early years of the Ming Dynasty to the present, Jinyiwei has gone through hundreds of years of cultivation, and has almost forged all kinds of means of collecting intelligence and secrets, which is really called pervasive, and even Li Shun****** and the inside of the Qing court can touch it.

It's no wonder that Jinyiwei is not treated well by hundreds of officials, and the slightest news will be transmitted to the palace immediately.

Now Jinyiwei is attached to Wang Lanping and survives, although the power is not as good as before, the foundation is still there, and with a little use of time, there will finally be a day when it will create brilliance again.

The current commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhang Mingzhen, has hollowed out his mind and wants to keep the Jinyi Guard, the yamen of hundreds of years cannot be broken in his hands, everyone shouts and beats, and the people are also dissatisfied with them, except for ******** attached to Wang Lanping, he has no choice, if he walks with the emperor, it is very likely that he will play with him.

Therefore, this Zhang Mingzhen, Jinyi Wei and the guards set up by each department obeyed the decrees of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and because of this, although Wang Lanping seemed to be watching the flowers in Nanjing City, he actually knew all the other party's situation well.

Why did the envoy come, Wang Lanping knew that they had just entered Nanjing City that day, and they were put under house arrest by the Jinyi guard, and in the dead of night, they secretly found out the national letter on the envoy and some of the envoy's private notes.

One of the three major intentions is the Mingshun Alliance, in view of the current opportunity for foreign races to invade the land of the Han family, the two countries of Mingshun should give up their previous suspicions and work together to resist foreign humiliation, no matter what, the Han people do not fight the Han people.

Wang Lanping will definitely agree to this, he is wishing that Li Shun will guard the border for him in Jiangbei, but there is no need to say it so high-soundingly, the Han people don't fight the Han people? Who are you bluffing, the world is in dispute, and what they are fighting for is nothing more than a ninety-five position, your grandfather Li Zicheng didn't kill the Han people, and even the Han emperor forced him to death.

Second, they jointly sent troops to recover Jianghuai, and after the victory, Ming Shun divided the Jianghuai land equally.

For Li Laixiang's idea, Wang Lanping speculated like this, Li Laixiang Xinli, although he is the only legitimate successor of the Li dynasty, but in the end he is young, and his prestige is not enough, before this he was just the vanguard of the Southern Expedition of Yuan Zongdi, the Marquis of Dashun Jin, applying the military system of the Ming Dynasty, it is just a position of deputy chief soldier, to gain the hearts and prestige of the people in a short period of time, although there is no other way than war, this is similar to Wang Lanping's methods, because they are all in a short period of time, Suddenly a big pie fell from the sky and smashed on their heads, they have no way to gather fame and prosperity through the time-consuming and laborious means of Yu Ren's grace and repairing hundreds of officials, the only shortcut is to start a war, and military merit is the most practical capital.

Li Laixiang has a foothold in Ludu, the heart of the Korean army is still unstable, he is unlikely to launch a large-scale war, the only war target that can do something not to make the imperial court finances in trouble is the Jianghuai area that has just experienced the Yangzhou War, where the people are rich and the land is fertile, and the main force of the Qing soldiers in the Jianghuai area was transferred to the Hanzhong battlefield by Hong Chengchou, at this time it is the most empty time for the Qing army defenders, and the foothold is not stable, in front of this good fighter, he wants to take the initiative to attack, seize Jianghuai, and play the prestige of his grandfather Li Zicheng, but he was afraid that if he started the war, Daming across the river would not have a praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch would be behind, waiting for the benefit of the fisherman.

Therefore, Wang Lanping believes that Li Laixiang wants to send troops with the Ming Dynasty to seize Jianghuai is not his original intention, maybe his more idea is that it is best for the Ming Dynasty not to send troops, and the joint army is just a cover to appease the Ming Dynasty, as far as Li Shun's current strength is concerned, it is really not difficult to capture Jianghuai, only in the Ludu area, there are 270,000 Shun troops, and most of them are veterans who fought from the west to the north and then to the south of the Yangtze River, and the combat effectiveness is quite strong, the only fly in the ointment is that there is only Ma Bujun, and there is almost no water division, This is also one of the reasons why Li Laixiang has not dared to attack Jiangnan for a long time.

As for Li Laixiang's idea of jointly sending troops, not to mention that Wang Lanping did not agree, I am afraid that no one in the government and the opposition would agree, but Wang Lanping did not object to the situation of the two families temporarily living in harmony, which was very beneficial to his consolidation of power in Jiangnan.

Third, now the Emperor Dashun has officially succeeded to the throne of the emperor, the scope of the land is in the belly of the world, although the territory is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, but the people are prosperous, the grain and taxes are inexhaustible, why not follow the example of the late Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, divide the world, in order to better maintain the relationship between the two countries, the Emperor Li Laixiang of the Great Shun is willing to welcome the Ming Princess, after marrying into the Great Shun, he will be the queen, and the two countries will share the peace from then on.

I have to say that Li Laixiang's idea is too good, and pro is the most common and most effective political strategy in all dynasties, Dashun wants to survive in the cracks, it is necessary to win over one party, the Qing Dynasty is impossible, Dashun founding emperor Li Zicheng was chased to death by the Qing army, only the Ming Dynasty with a strip of water is the most likely object to woo, but Li Laixiang seems to have forgotten, our Ming emperor was also forced to death by you Li Shun, which family is a sea of blood feud, even if you don't count the hatred of the first emperor, and pro, take women for peace, who dares to do it?

However, what Wang Lanping wants to achieve most is this one, take a woman to exchange for a period of time for the peace of the border, why not, not to mention that you want a princess, it's my business, I don't have a problem with the emperor's entire harem.

But this article is also the most difficult to achieve, Wang Lanping knows that once this kind of issue of harmony spreads, it will definitely cause an uproar in the government and the opposition, and he will almost become a traitor and villain in the mouth of the Ming subjects.

In addition to these three major intentions, Li Laixiang also attached a small request, Du Ningning, the daughter of the Du family in Huaining, was originally elected as the queen of Dashun, but she did not read Jun's grace and ran away without permission, which was unethical in private, and Yu Gong was even more rebellious.

Wang Lanping will definitely not agree to this, in order to let Ming Shun get peace for a short time, you can negotiate if you want money and food, but you can't beat my woman's idea, that is, it is a sin to have this idea, and when I unify Jiangnan and wave the Northern Expedition, I will definitely kill you Li Laixiang and then quickly.

Regarding the three major peace agreements and a small additional brought by the envoy, Wang Lanping has also considered it in the past two days, and the truce on the Mingshun front can be agreed, and Wulanping also needs time to clean up the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River;

Mingshun jointly sent troops to Jianghuai, yes, but Da Mingguang opened his mouth, soldiers, not one, not out, it was really not, Wang Lanping can move the Ming army to put together only more than 100,000 people, of which there are 30,000 to garrison Nanjing City, 10,000 to guard Nanjing Gateway Zhenjiang City, as for the 80,000 people of the six battalions, that is to be used in the Western Expedition, Huang Degong stationed in Taiping Mansion has a 40,000 or 50,000 troops, but Huang Zongbing is a miniature version of Wang Lanping, the imperial court can not completely control him, besides, Don't look at the Jianghuai Qing army, there are only 70,000 Duoduo stationed in Huai'an, but since Jiang Chengchou dares to send a large army away, he must have all the considerations, and if he wants to fight Jianghuai, be careful.

As for harmony, on the surface, it seems to be the most unlikely, but it is an important prerequisite for being able to make peace with Dashun, without this, everything else is.

In view of these purposes, since the envoys came to Nanjing, they would definitely not leave to deal with the old master of the Hanlin Academy, and they would not be able to explain to their master when they returned.

Wang Lanping guessed that the envoy must not have gone far, it is very likely that he was wandering around Nanjing, looking for an opportunity to enter the city again to discuss, and when he came to Nanjing, not only did the Ming Emperor not see him, but even the prime minister and cabinet ministers did not show up, and returning to the country was also a dead end.

Sure enough, Zhang Mingshun sent someone to inquire, and the envoy really lived in a small inn outside the city, but not as a messenger, and Jinyiwei's secret agent went to the account room to check, and the envoy actually paid for the store ten days in advance, which shows that they will not leave in a short time, in other words, the mission has not been completed, and they can't go back to pay the errand.

According to the spies who were ambushed in the inn, they said that the envoy was purchasing gifts in large quantities, and now that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, the envoy did not want to visit relatives and friends in the city of Nanjing.

However, Wang Lanping knows that it is impossible to visit relatives and friends, and a few days later will be the day when he gets married.

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As Zhang Mingzhen went back and forth in the Dingguo Mansion a few times, it was not early, so Wang Lanping asked him to secretly monitor the envoy first, and wait for the marriage to be completed.

However, Zhang Mingzhen was just about to retire, but Wang Lanping suddenly remembered something again and stopped him.

Wang Lanping asked casually, "Zhang Mingzhen, last time I asked you to check the details of Mrs. Li Dingguo's snow, did you find out?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen said, "After checking, my subordinates are planning to wait for everything to be clarified before reporting to the prime minister."

"What did you find out? Who is she, and what is the relationship between her and the female bandit leader that the Daqingshan bandit Yuan Damao said is with her? ”

Zhang Mingzhen thought for a while and said, "Back to the prime minister, his subordinates only found out that Mrs. Zhongyi Hou lived in an inn near Yingtianfu for a period of time ten months ago, according to investigation, the two of them did flee from the north, according to the little guy in the inn at that time, these two people are called master and servant, and the young lady is not an ordinary family at first glance."

"North? Where to the north? ”

"The subordinates asked people to take the portrait and search all the way, and the clues can be found all the way to Beijing"

With this said, Wang Lanping really saw the power of Jinyiwei, and he could find out to Beijing just by virtue of Ruxue's portrait, which was amazing.

Wang Lanping frowned and said, "Beijing? ”

"Yes"

Wang Lanping shook his head and wondered, "Ruxue seems to have a Shandong accent, how can she be from Beijing, and have you found anything?" ”

"Yes, although Beijing Jinyiwei surrendered to the Qing court, some people have a very good personal relationship with their subordinates, and it is not difficult to ask them to inquire about individuals, but the strange thing is that no one has seen him in Beijing, and he has been checking in Beijing for more than ten days, and there is no news at all, and then he still got a little clue from the mouth of a little eunuch in the Qing Palace."

The current Qing Palace is the former Ming Palace, after the Qing Dynasty entered Beijing, thousands of eunuchs in the Ming Palace also turned into Qing palace eunuchs, the master changed his identity but did not change, and the change of dynasty and the change of generation do not seem to have anything to do with them.

"What clues?"

"The eunuch said that he seemed to have seen Mrs. Ruxue somewhere, maybe it was a palace maid in a certain palace of Emperor Chongzhen in the past, maybe the portrait was different from himself, and the little eunuch couldn't remember it clearly."

Wang Lanping snorted, "It turned out to be someone from the palace, no wonder it was so hard to investigate her, wouldn't it be simple to say so, but all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Ming Palace have records in the inner court, you let the people in Beijing check it."

"I've checked, there is no such person as Ruxue, and my subordinates guess that this 'Ruxue' is a fake name nine times out of ten, but she is sure that she is from the palace"

Wang Lanping nodded, "Who is that young lady from the palace?" ”

Zhang Mingzhen was a little puzzled and said, "Why don't you ask Mrs. Ruxue?"

Wang Lanping shook his head and said, "In order to protect her master, she did not hesitate to be captured by the official army on the charge of being a female bandit leader, she will not say it."

Zhang Mingzhen said, "My subordinates don't understand why the prime minister is so interested in their master and servant."

"There are 100,000 people in Hanjia, Yangzhou has no inch, 3,000 peach blossoms, and the fragrance is full of Liaodong. I fought hard in Yangzhou for a month, but I fell into such a reputation of 'indefiniteness', or a woman, Zhang Mingzhen, you have wide ears and eyes, tell me, who is this woman most likely? ”

Zhang Mingzhen thought for a moment and said, "There are no more than three kinds of women who can summon people in the Ming Palace, one is the concubine of the first emperor, the second is the lord of the first emperor, and the third is the female officials of each palace in the palace.

Outside the city of Beijing, most of the palace concubines of Emperor Chongzhen were martyred, and some of them escaped from the palace by taking advantage of the chaos, and some fell into the hands of Li Zicheng's rebellious army.

It is already commendable to be able to find out this step, Wang Lanping smiled appreciatively, "Thank you for your hard work, let's do this in advance, don't check, at the moment, the focus of your Jinyi Wei is still on the movements of various provinces, I want to know thoroughly the every move of foreign officials above the fourth rank of civil and military officials, I hope you can check them for me one by one before my westward expedition."

"Yes, the subordinates will not be dishonored"

"Okay, you go back first"

The housekeeper Zhou Hai just sent Zhang Mingzhen away, Wang Lanping just had a little fantasy to meet Du Ningning, today she said in front of the concubine that she wanted to go back to Huaining, this girl must have been frightened by the queen's affairs, and she had to comfort her.

But at this time, Zhou Hai brought in another person, and the person who came was none other than Li Dingguo, the commander of the Nanjing garrison.

Li Dingguo entered the study, looking nervous, and after coming in, he looked around, and saw that there was no one else in the room, so he closed the door, stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, the Dingyuan Camp and the Huaiyuan Camp in the six major camps of the Beijing Division suddenly disappeared" (to be continued). )