Niu Jinsong's statement made Li Xin suddenly aware of a kind of imminent sign in the Three Guards Army, and in the face of victorious military operations, many people already have more confidence and expectations for the prospects than before, and if this sentiment is limited to a reasonable range, it will definitely be a good thing for the Three Guards.

However, what Li Xin didn't expect was that someone was already worrying about his private affairs.

Lu Jiu did not rest in the room, but found Li Da, who had been following Li Xin, and talked about his various worries, hoping that Li Da could come up with an idea to let Li Xin return to Nanjing as soon as possible.

After listening to Lu Jiu's complaints silently, Li Da smiled indifferently and said, "Which time did the Marquis of Zhenyu decide not to plan and then act?" The reason why he is not in a hurry to return to Nanjing now is not only out of consideration for the sake of checking people's hearts, but also to show Jiangnan and the imperial court the openness of the Three Guards themselves, as well as their self-confidence under strong strength. Therefore, if the marquis wants to return to Nanjing, he will return to Nanjing with great fanfare and liveliness, instead of rushing back in the starry night and going back secretly. Otherwise, wouldn't it show the world that we have a ghost in our hearts? ”

With Li Da's words as a supplement, Lu Jiu slightly let go of the heart that had been hanging high. However, Li Da changed his words, "If the Marquis of Zhenyu has a top priority......"

Lu Jiu was anxious, and when he saw Li Da's unfathomable appearance, his heart that had already been put down hung again, and he couldn't help asking, "What is the top priority?" ”

Li Da smiled again, and said mysteriously: "The Marquis of Zhenyu has no heirs so far, and the son said: People have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries." This is something that cannot but be planned. ”

At the mention of the issue of heirs, Lu Jiu's heart relaxed, and there were sparks of excitement flashing in his eyes. Li Da said vaguely, but Lu Jiu understood that the foundation laid naturally needs to be inherited by heirs, which also illustrates a problem from the side.

The room fell silent for a while, neither of them spoke, and after a long time, Lu Jiu really couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Does Mr. think that the time has come for the thirteenth brother to stand on his own?" ”

Li Da shook his head, "It's far from coming, now that the imperial court is still in full swing, and the emperor is at his peak in early autumn, rashly standing on his own can only make the marquis of Zhenyu fall into the unfavorable situation pointed out by Qianfu......"

Lu Jiu was a little unwilling, "Now that we own half of the south of the Yangtze River, seven or eight out of ten of the world's wealth are in our hands, whoever dares to disobey will raise troops to destroy him!" ”

Li Da smiled: "Does the Army Gate really think so?" ”

"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, do you have to be angry with those old guys?"

In fact, Lu Jiuyi knew that this was unrealistic when he asked the words of self-reliance, but he still wanted to hear Li Da's thoughts. Now that he heard Li Da's rebuttal, he also died.

"Don't look at the half of Jiangnan now, it seems that it is all in the hands of the Three Guards, haven't you heard that the military gate can't be a fat man by eating a bite? Looking at the magistrates of these provinces, how many do you know about the military gates? Which of them is willing to follow the marquis, and who has different ambitions? Now that the marquis of Zhenyu is supported by the banner of Nanjing, the officials naturally look at the scenery and obey it, but once another court is established, I am afraid that the provinces south of the Yangtze River will be in chaos again. At that time, it will be really anxious! ”

Lu Jiu was a little frustrated by what Li Da said, "So, we've been busy for eight years?" ”

"How can it be a waste of work, our main problem now is that the time to master the Jiangnan provinces is still short, as long as it takes time to arrange reliable people in the critical positions of the provinces, it will be like digesting the wine and meat swallowed raw one by one, and at that time, who will dare to openly contradict it?"

"That's true!" Lu Jiu nodded in approval.

Li Da sighed again: "The current long-term concern lies in the fact that the marquis of Zhenyu is unwilling to marry a wife, if he does not pay attention to it. One day, it will become a big problem! ”

"The emperor has already given the marriage to the county lord of Jin, and the thirteenth brother has not been able to marry his daughter-in-law for a long time, so he can only blame the emperor Lao'er! At present, the Central Plains is in turmoil, the north-south traffic is cut off, the county lord can't go south, and the thirteenth brother can't leave this foundation to go north, or get a few concubines for the thirteenth brother first, and give birth to a son! ”

Li Da shook his head again, Lu Jiu was annoyed by Li Da's shaking his head, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, how can it be?" ”

"Don't worry, the county lord is not the daughter of an ordinary family after all, not to mention that the emperor has a decree to promote her to a princess, and the marquis of Zhenju will be a concubine in the future, how can he take a concubine?"

Nanjing, Wu Zhen's mind has been active again in the past few days, since last year's contact against Li Xin is failure, he has been closed, and now he heard that Lu Xiangsheng has won a great victory in Huaibei, and he is about to fight Huainan, he can't help but think of recovering Yangzhou again.

After all, Wu Zhen's official is the prefect of Yangzhou, and now he has a false prefect official title, and he can't raise his head anywhere when he is guilty. If he can make meritorious contributions, then his already hopeless career may turn around.

Wu Zhen took this opportunity to persuade Zhang Fangyan to take the opportunity of Li Xin's southward movement to contact the dignitaries in the city and regain the governorship power of the two provinces. Zhang Fangyan stroked his goatee under his chin, looking at the Wu Governor in front of him, who had not achieved enough and had more than enough failures, he was also thinking in his heart whether he should use Wu Zhen's words.

In the end, Zhang Fangyan still made up his mind and did not listen to Wu Zhen's instigation, and now Li Xin has just achieved a series of military victories, whether in the local area or in the Nanjing Political Affairs Hall, his prestige has reached the peak since his arrival in Nanjing, and it is not wise to target him at this time.

Failed to convince Zhang Fangyan, Wu Zhen was not reconciled, but hurried out of the temporary mansion from the back door in civilian clothes that night, and the destination of his trip was Jiang Yueguang, who was in charge of the Hanlin Academy. Jiang Yueguang has always been unaccustomed to Li Xin, and whenever something happens, he jumps out to target Li Xin and the Three Guards, so this person is a good candidate for Wu Zhen's persuasion.

Wu Zhen persuaded Jiang Yueguang almost effortlessly, not so much persuasion, but the two hit it off.

"The old man's strength alone is not enough, if a few important ministers in the political hall can agree, the probability of success is at least eighty percent."

After Jiang Yueguang was cleaned up by Li Xin several times, he once bowed down to Li Xin. But that's all expediency, and once the right opportunity arises, it's all about being revealed.

"In this way, you go back and wait for the good news from the old man. The old man will be in the middle of the matter. Jiang said that he had a lot of money and sent Wu Zhen away. Wu Zhen is just a former prefect of Yangzhou, and now he is waiting for sin, and there are too few places to use him, not so much to use him, but to say that he will increase trouble with his reputation.

Wu Zhenzhi's role in Jiang Yueguang was just to remind him that it was time to make a move, the opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again.

After sending Wu Zhen away, Jiang Yueguang visited Zheng Sanjun, Gao Hongtu and others. However, everyone's attitudes are different, for example, after Gao Hongtu heard Jiang Yueguang's intentions, he first pretended to be surprised, and then talked about him left and right.

Jiang Yueguang saw through his thoughts at a glance, and bluntly said that the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left was defeated in Huaibei, and Lu Xiangsheng was about to cross the Huai River to the south, and once Lu Xiangsheng went south, the north-south connection of the Grand Canal would be just around the corner. At that time, there will be no more obstacles between Beijing and Nanjing, and the emperor will be able to take away everything Li Xin has with a single decree.

"In this way, it is all up to Brother Jiang's arrangement."

Gao Hongtu was frightened by the change in the situation, he didn't want to be left behind, and he didn't want to take the lead, so he gave up and lowered his posture. Jiang Yueguang couldn't see his thoughts, and he sneered in his heart but comforted him with great sincerity: "At that time, as long as Brother Gao comes forward to agree, it will be ......."

"This nature, this nature, is duty-bound!"

is starkly different from Gao Hongtu's attitude, Zheng Sanjun's attitude is extremely ambiguous, although he did not refuse Jiang Yueguang's request to see, but after the meeting, it was just idle talk. As long as Jiang Yueguang wanted to lead the topic to Li Xin, Zheng Sanjun would divert the topic in time.

For a while, Jiang Yueguang was helpless, and he was angry and scolded the old fox in his heart.

Out of Zheng Sanjun's mansion, Jiang Yueguang did not stop, and rushed to the mansion of the Duke of Wei. After Wei Guogong returned to Nanjing from the Taiping Mansion, he kept a low profile to recuperate and never came forward to participate in any political affairs in Nanjing. But in Jiang Yueguang's view, it was just a helpless move to protect his life, and now that the imperial court is about to restore the Grand Canal, the north-south disconnection situation that Li relied on will no longer exist, how can Wei Guogong continue to sit idly by?

But what Jiang Yueguang couldn't figure out was that he had a closed door in the Wei State Mansion. Wei Guogong didn't even see him, and the family member who sent the message even told him that Wei Guogong was now recuperating behind closed doors and asked him not to come again in the future.

The old guy was beaten down by Li Xin's fight, and now if it weren't for the clear situation in the imperial court, it seems that he would not have jumped out and dared to pull out his teeth.

Jiang Yueguang, who couldn't laugh and was indignant, left the alley where the Wei Mansion was located, but he did not rush back to the house, but took his entourage to turn around in the alley at night. However, after contacting a few more companies, I didn't get much.

Jiang Yueguang had to return to his home in Pizi Lane with a little frustration, but as soon as he entered the door, a family member was waiting at the door in a panic, obviously waiting for him to come back. This made Jiang Yueguang shudder in his heart, could it be that his activities had already been known by Li Xin's people? That's where you come to settle accounts?

"Sir, sir, there is a distinguished guest visiting!"

"Which guest? Scare you into this virtue? ”

Jiang Yue was dissatisfied and reprimanded a few family members in front of him who were submissive, "Go back to the master, the distinguished guest, the distinguished guest will not let you, you will not let you speak...... Say, say that you will know if you go back to the house to see him. ”

Jiang Yueguang didn't bother to talk to him, so he went straight into the mansion, and when he looked up, he saw a burly man in a green robe standing in the courtyard with his hands in his hands.

"Wei, Wei Guogong?"