Chapter 828: It's hard to ride a tiger
The reason why Gu Junen insisted on coming forward to negotiate was because he found the trickiness in Yang Sichang's letter.
Yang Sichang didn't have any effort, just with a letter, let the righteous army attack Shaanxi, not to mention whether the battle could be won, even if the righteous army occupied part of Shaanxi and asked the emperor to enthrone him, Yang Sichang could completely overturn the previous promise, and when the time came, the righteous army that was the enemy of the Zheng family army was really targeted, and he had no ability to argue with the imperial court.
This put the rebels in an awkward and dangerous situation.
Li Zicheng thinks about being famous and glorifying his ancestors, which is understandable.
Gu Junen looked at the problem from another angle, and his thinking was much clearer, he would not let Li Zicheng be fooled stupidly.
It is not impossible to attack Shaanxi, but the righteous army needs to get enough commitment, it needs to be truly guaranteed, and more importantly, the righteous army must tie the emperor and the court to themselves, and even if the righteous army is not good to attack Shaanxi, it can also rely on what it has in hand to provoke the contradiction between the Zheng army and the imperial court.
This is called attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son, since you Yang Sichang can come up with such a vicious plan, then he Gu Junen can also think of a way to deal with you.
The first thing Gu Junen did was to make Yang Sichang's letter public within a certain range.
Large-scale disclosure is not possible, after all, it is necessary to take care of Yang Sichang's face.
Gu Junen borrowed from Kong Ming's strategy in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the allusion of losing his wife and breaking his army, he was too impressed.
Next, Gu Junen and some people discussed the strategy of talking with Yang Sichang, what kind of requirements the rebels should put forward for this matter, such as solving part of the grain and grass. For example, the recognition of the rebel army by the emperor and the imperial court, etc., all these are conditions that can be put forward publicly.
As for Yang Sichang's side, Gu Junen was 100% sure that Yang Sichang would definitely not be able to come up with any rules, thinking that with a simple letter, he would let the righteous army take the bait.
For these practices of Gu Junen. Li Zicheng did not object, in fact, Li Zicheng was not stupid, he quickly understood Gu Junen's purpose, and thought that Gu Junen did this very well, and stabbed the matter away, which was only good for the righteous army.
After doing all this, Gu Junen set off from Taiyuan Mansion City.
Along the way, he chose to take the official road, and after entering Beizhili, he had to stay in Fuzhou and counties occupied by the imperial court. Take out Yang Sichang's handwritten letter, so that the officials at all levels of the government along the way are stunned, you must know that Yang Sichang is the second assistant of the cabinet, and the emperor has a special holy decree, Yang Sichang is fully responsible for the elimination of the rogue, and has the power to act cheaply.
Of course, officials at all levels did not dare to detain Gu Junen, so they could only report the information to the higher authorities quickly, anyway, Yang Sichang was stationed in Zhending Mansion. It shouldn't take too long to report it.
Yang Sichang was crazy, and the taste of riding a tiger was uncomfortable.
Strategies that come up in a hurry. It was originally very good, Yang Sichang was also secretly happy for this attention, but he didn't expect that there were also strategists in the Liukou team, and everything was calculated very well, and his letter was made public, and he made a special trip to Zhending Mansion to ask for an explanation. In other words, a letter cannot impress others.
This is self-inflicted, the matter has reached this situation, Yang Sichang cannot keep it completely secret, he must stabilize the situation in the capital, and he must not let Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, take advantage of the loopholes. As for the conditions that Liukou may mention, Yang Sichang is also prepared.
The top priority is to send someone to the capital to report the relevant situation to the emperor, Yang Sichang himself is unable to leave Zhending Mansion, he is the commander of more than 100,000 troops, once he leaves, the team is likely to have a commotion, and Li Zicheng sent Gu Junen to Zhending Mansion to negotiate, if he Yang Sichang does not come forward, things will also develop towards an unpredictable situation.
Yang Sichang wrote a letter to Li Zicheng after careful analysis, the imperial court is currently unable to defeat Li Zicheng and forcibly attack, resulting in an outcome that the emperor and the imperial court may not be able to bear, only by transferring the contradictions, so that Zheng Xunrui, Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji can kill each other, so that the imperial court can get a respite.
However, the situation in the imperial court is too special, and Yang Sichang can't do whatever he wants, if he encounters a major impeachment, or even a punishment, all his plans will be in vain.
Yang Sichang has almost no cronies around him, and the Donglin Party still occupies the absolute power in the court, although the emperor no longer has special trust in Qian Shisheng, the first assistant to the cabinet, but Qian Shisheng has installed a large number of Donglin Party people in the court, and these people have become the climate, and to some extent, they can influence the court situation.
Yang Sichang's movements were fast, and he thought of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance.
Although it is said that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were brought by Zhang Pu, after so many years, Zhang Pu has not really paid attention to the two, and the two have not known much in the court.
Yang Sichang didn't think about encircling Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, he looked down on these two people, defected to Liukou and betrayed Liukou, this kind of person's quality is not very good.
However, at present, it is really difficult to choose the candidate who can represent him Yang Sichang to go to the capital to report to the emperor in detail.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance came to the wing room again.
The two faintly heard some rumors, and knew a little about Yang Sichang's arrangement, and the two were very surprised, they couldn't imagine that Yang Sichang, as the second assistant of the cabinet, would also come up with such indiscriminate means, but those who achieve great things are not informal, as long as they can achieve their goals, they don't care what means he uses.
In the final analysis, the two still have some admiration for Yang Sichang.
Seeing Yang Sichang, who was thinking hard, the two saluted respectfully.
Yang Sichang waved his hand and spoke.
"Invite Lord Niu and Lord Song to come today, there are some important things to discuss, the last time Ben Shuai talked to you, he thought of the idea of letting the Liukou attack Shaanxi, after thinking about it, it was decided to put it into practice, as long as the Liukou can attack Shaanxi, the pressure on the imperial court will be greatly reduced, which has great benefits for the imperial court."
After a slight pause, Yang Sichang sighed.
"What Ben Shuai didn't expect was that Liukou was going to talk about the conditions, Li Zicheng sent his advisor Gu Junen to Zhending Mansion to negotiate, obviously thinking of putting forward many conditions, Ben Shuai thought that as long as it was not too many conditions, it could be agreed, and Ben Shuai also carefully analyzed the pros and cons, and felt that the problem was not very big."
"Ben Shuai wants to hear what the two adults think."
Niu Jinxing looked at Song Xiance and immediately spoke.
"The handsome man is clever, and the subordinate is ashamed."
Song Xiance also hurriedly followed suit.
A smile appeared on Yang Sichang's face.
"In this case, then Ben Shuai is going to entrust you to help do something, such a major matter, it must be reported to the emperor and the court, Ben Shuai is worried that some adults in the court, unfamiliar with the situation here, always thinking about the hard work, then trouble, the lessons of the Battle of Songshan are vivid, Ben Shuai does not want to make such mistakes, so Ben Shuai specially wrote a note to the emperor, explaining all the situation."
"Ben Shuai thought about sending the two adults to work hard and go to the capital to send them to the capital, and at the same time, in the early dynasty, he specially explained that this matter needs to be fast, and he can't continue to delay time, if Lord Zheng Xunrui knows, then all the arrangements will have no effect."
As soon as Yang Sichang finished speaking, Niu Jinxing immediately spoke.
"Thanks to the trust of the marshal, Lord Song and the lower officials will definitely live up to their mission."
"Okay, after an hour, you will set off and go to the capital, and the commander will send a sergeant to escort you all the way to the capital, and then you will listen carefully to the analysis of the commander, and then you can explain accordingly when the lord of the court asks." ……
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance left the wing, returned to the residence and quickly began to prepare, in fact, they had little time to prepare, the sergeant was already waiting outside, and was about to set off, fortunately, the two of them followed to the expedition, and they did not carry anything, and they packed up quickly.
Taking advantage of the limited time, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance secretly discussed for a while.
The situation in the DPRK and China is very clear, Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, is not very interested in Yang Sichang, maybe he has been thinking about finding trouble, the DPRK is basically controlled by the Donglin Party, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance have just entered the imperial court, and they also want to tie up those Donglin Party members, but unfortunately people don't look down on the two of them, and the two simply don't think about the Donglin Party people.
This time being entrusted by Yang Sichang is a very good opportunity, and if you grasp it properly, you will definitely be promoted, but the danger you face in the DPRK is also clear, that is, if the two of them argue for Yang Sichang in the DPRK, it is very likely to offend Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the Donglin Party members in the DPRK.
Now that it's in, you have to make a choice.
Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance finally chose to take refuge in Yang Sichang, and the two also saw that the imperial court is now facing huge dangers, and only Yang Sichang can temporarily resolve these dangers.
The two estimated that the emperor would eventually rely on Yang Sichang, after all, under the current situation, words would not be able to play any role, and only by showing real skills could they turn the tide.
When Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance made this decision, they would never have thought that it was not only the two of them who went to the capital to send off the song, how could Yang Sichang be so old and spicy, how could he put all his hopes on them.
Yang Sichang's personal soldiers had already set off, and went to the capital with a secret letter to find Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, once Wang Chengen approved of this approach, many problems were solved, of course, the responsibilities of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were also very important, after all, they needed to face the questions of the people in the court on behalf of Yang Sichang. (To be continued.) )