Chapter 42: The Plan of the East King
After Zhao Xiaofeng and Huang Xu chatted a few words, they left first under the pretext of having something to do, while Huang Xu took Yao Dahong back to his residence and started a new round of heart-to-heart talks.
Dongwangfu, Qinzheng Palace, Dongwang sits high, Zhao Xiaofeng, Fang Hu, and Ning Zezhong are three people, and they stand at the bottom of the steps.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you think of what happened today?" After pondering for a moment, the East King asked.
"I have thought about this matter for a long time, and I think that the North King is very likely to come here today on purpose, and he may be avenging the revenge of the prince for vetoing his tax increase proposal in the court a few days ago, so, for the North King, I don't think we need to think too much about the problem, what we should pay attention to most at the moment is the movement of that person." After Zhao Xiaofeng finished speaking, he stretched out his right index finger, and Xiangshang pointed. And the others knew who he was talking about.
That's right, Zhao Xiaofeng refers to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, who is the key person in the East Wangfu in the past, now and in the future.
After hearing this, Dongwang didn't make a sound, of course he knew what Zhao Xiaofeng meant. But in Yang Xiuqing's mind, he has always had a sense of fear of Hong Xiuquan, this feeling is rooted in the depths of his soul, and it cannot be changed by external forces, because Hong Xiuquan is the leader recognized by everyone since the Taiping Army was formed so far, and everyone's surrender to it has been a long time. Frankly speaking, he Yang Xiuqing didn't want to do this, because the king of heaven did treat him well, from being nothing at that time, to now under one person, above ten thousand people, a very human minister, he has achieved a leap in life, this is all thanks to Hong Xiuquan, and for so many years, he has lived and died with him, walking together in the wind and rain, if you want to say that there is no emotion at all, no one will believe it. And he also knew that after entering Tianjing City, Hong Xiuquan handed over most of the rights to himself, usually he and Wei Changhui were the ones who were in the limelight, and every time the two of them had a quarrel, it was Hong Xiuquan who came out to be a peacemaker. said that he didn't appreciate himself, then no one would believe it, but people have to fight for a breath when they live, I Yang Xiuqing on talent and ability, on comprehensive quality, no matter which point is stronger than Hong Xiuquan, why, only he can be high, and I have to look up to his snort, I am unwilling, unwilling.
Therefore, this person, once he has a grievance about something, then this kind of mind will be like a spring grass, growing with the wind, and it will be out of control.
"Guys, there are some things we don't need to say too clearly, we just need to know what's going on. In addition, from now on, we must get a good grasp of contacting the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, as well as the generals at the border gates, and strive to get more people to stand on our side, so that it will be more beneficial for us to start things in the future. Yang Xiuqing said.
"Yes." The three of them answered in unison.
"Judging from the current situation, except for the people of the Beiwang family, most of the others in the DPRK should be in our control, as for those few swinging people, we will try our best to fight for what we can, and if we can't fight for it, we don't need to care about any feelings, just pull it out, and among the front-line generals, except for Shi Dakai, a diehard, the others are also all my cronies, so now it can be said that the whole situation is extremely favorable to us." Dongwang continued to analyze, "But among them, the others are also okay, but Shi Dakai can't be underestimated, he should be our strongest opponent, so far, I haven't thought of a good way to restrain him, the only thing to do is to start before he knows our intentions, make it a fait accompli, so that he has nothing to say, so, all the actions we start now must be cautious, don't leak any rumors"
"Lord Wang, apart from Shi Dakai, why have you forgotten someone?" Zhao Xiaofeng reminded.
"Who?" Yang Xiuqing was taken aback.
"Gu Shen." Zhao Xiaofeng said two words cautiously.
"He, the old fox, don't worry too much about him, he can't make any waves." Yang Xiuqing smiled and dismissed.
"Lord Wang...."Zhao Xiaofeng felt that Dongwang was a little underestimating Gu Shen's role, so he wanted to persuade him again.
Yang Xiuqing interrupted him and said: "Sir, you are too careful, with my understanding of Gu Shen, he is just a wall grass, moving with the wind, and he will cling to whoever he sees is powerful, and he will not pose any threat to us at all, so we don't have to pay attention to him." ”
"Then we can't take it lightly, even if we don't pay attention to him, at least send a group of people to keep an eye on him, in case he will do something bad to us at a critical time." Zhao Xiaofeng didn't understand, Weishenme Dongwang had no defense against this Gu Shen.
"No need, no need, you just do what I say." Yang Xiuqing waved her hand again and again, signaling that she didn't have to do anything to guard against Gu Shen.
"Yes" Although he was full of doubts, since his own prince had spoken, what else did he have to say. But Zhao Xiaofeng knew very well in his heart that this Gu Shen was not as simple as it seemed.
"So, now we have three key tasks to do, first, as I said earlier, do the work of those who swing, and hope to have a result as soon as possible. Second, try to contact some of the generals in Shi Da's formation, find him something, so that he has no intention of taking care of our side at that time, and the third point, which is the most important thing I want to say, further unite the North King, let him work with us with all his heart, if we can do this, we have already achieved half of the success, up to now, the North King has basically reached a verbal agreement with me, promising to work with me to jointly deal with Hong Xiuquan. But he has the conditions, after the matter is completed, he hopes to lead the world's soldiers and horses and manage the government, and he has also lived the addiction of being under one person and above ten thousand, but I have not agreed to this matter. Yang Xiuqing said concludingly.
He has too much appetite. "It was Fang Hu who spoke up.
"Hehe, you may not know this North King, in fact, you usually only hear some negative comments about the North King, for example, greedy for money, narrow-minded, etc., this is indeed its shortcomings, but you don't forget, the North King is known for his brave martial arts, on its true martial arts, according to the king's estimates, it should be within the Heavenly Empire, there are few opponents, and its leading troops to fight is also very set, otherwise, the original King of Heaven will not be named the North King for no reason, we all know that his current position is already very noble, Except for something that he didn't get and was interested in, why should we let him rebel with us, so I don't think his request was too much for the sake of the current situation. "Yang Xiuqing's understanding of the Northern King is no less profound than that of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.
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"Alas, that's not too cheap for him, I just heard Mr. Zhao say about what the North King did in our palace today, it's really infuriating, if I was there at the time, I would definitely screw off the North King's head." A military general is a military general, and Fang Hu is very direct when he speaks.
"Ah Hu, this king knows that you are very loyal, you don't have to be too angry, after we complete the big thing, I have my own way to clean him up, so now we don't need to have a head-on conflict with him, and, as I have already said, this king of the north is a strong martial artist, under normal circumstances, we must not fight with him, otherwise, it will be us who suffers." You must remember the words of this king, especially you, Ah Hu. Yang Xiuqing said very cautiously.
"Yes, my subordinates know that they are wrong." Although Fang Hu said this in his mouth, he was really unconvinced in his heart, he didn't believe that this North King really had such a stake as the East King said. If you have the opportunity in the future, you must learn from him.
"Then let's divide the work and contact the king of the north, we can only trouble the prince to come forward in person, and the other swinging people will be secretly contacted by me and Zezhong to do the work, and the front-line generals will be in charge of General Fang, what does the prince think?" Zhao Xiaofeng said.
"Okay, that's it. Thank you, and after the deed is done, I will definitely not treat you badly. Yang Xiuqing said.
"The subordinates will not give up until they die." The three of them said in unison.
"In the matter, you have to worry a little more about the matter of grain, grass, and weapons, and you must be cautious in everything and do not make any mistakes." Yang Xiuqing turned his head to Ning Zezhong again.
"Yes, the subordinates guarantee that nothing goes wrong." Ning Zezhong hugged his fists and promised.
"I hope that all our preparations can be completed within three months, and the sooner things happen, the better." Yang Xiuqing zuihou said again.
"Yes," the three responded.
"Oh, by the way, Ah Hu, how is the monitoring of Huang Xu, and what information is coming back." Yang Xiuqing thought for a moment and asked again.
"Lord Qiqi, according to the information fed back by the two dark piles, Huang Xu is quite normal, and nothing abnormal has been found." Fang Hu said.
"Then this work must also be done quickly, the original period of one month can be a little longer, and judging from the current situation, it is necessary to complete the investigation work as soon as possible. I don't want to, while we're doing something, there's a time bomb buried around us. Yang Xiuqing said.
"If the prince is really worried, then it is better for me to send someone to do him now, and it will be a hundred." Fang Hu is willing to come to everything directly.
"You know how to fight and kill all day long, you have to change this habit, if we kill him so quickly, what did we ask him to do at the beginning, do you know, what is we most lacking now? It's a talent, it's a talent, and Huang Xu is a talent, if he is willing to help us sincerely, then why worry about it. Yang Xiuqing reprimanded.
"Yes, the subordinates know that they are wrong" Fang Hu didn't know that he had admitted his mistakes several times today.
"Okay, everyone, our current affairs are a thousand things, it can be said that it is a trigger, and the whole body, I hope you can consider all aspects clearly when dealing with everything, you know, one son's mistake, all the games are lost." Yang Xiuqing herself was deeply touched by this sentence.
"Yes, subordinates, remember." Threesome.
"Okay, let's go and prepare, and this king will choose another time to gather everyone to meet and understand the progress of all aspects. If you have any questions before then, you can come to this king immediately. Yang Xiuqing admonished again.
"Yes," the trio continued.
"That's it, let's disperse." After Yang Xiuqing finished speaking, he got up and left.
After sending Yang Xiuqing away, the following three also knew that the situation was urgent and the situation was urgent, so they immediately went back to prepare separately.
Yang Xiuqing's rebel machine began to spin at high speed.