In the side hall on the side of the Yellow Crane Tower, the Wing Hall Attendant brought a hot meal, but the Tianjing people and others had no intention of eating, but Li Kaifang was the only one who ate very happily and didn't seem to be moved at all.

Han Baoying was holding the bowl but there in a daze, she couldn't imagine that in just a few years, the Wing Hall would become like this, not to mention that the Wing Hall was a member of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even if it was not related to the slightest other local rebel army, they would not treat the Heavenly Kingdom so arrogantly.

Zhao Shunping, the commander of the inland river division, put down his chopsticks indignantly and said, "What are these Wing Hall people thinking?" Do they want to be so far from heaven forever? It was already a great grace for the King of the West to politely invite the Wing King back to Beijing, what else did they want? How much does it cost to change equipment, uniforms, and drill training for their military horses, but they still think that we are going to take their soldiers and horses? How unreasonable! ”

Zhao Shunping was loud and didn't care if there were people in the wing hall outside the door who would hear it, Li Kaifang also put down the dishes and chopsticks, smiled and looked at Zhao Shunping and said in a low voice: "We are here to seize the soldiers and horses of the Wing Palace, and the reaction of the Wing Hall is already very good." ”

Zhao Shunping's mouth opened wide in surprise, and Han Baoying frowned: "Li Shangshu, are we really here to do such an insidious thing?" ”

Li Kaifang said strangely: "How can this be a sinister thing? The soldiers and horses of the Wing Hall are also a military horse of the Heavenly Kingdom, but their personnel are not well trained, they have not learned new tactics, and their equipment is backward. For example, if Beijing wants to unify the whole country today, and then gather the strength of the whole country to deal with the foreigners, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the wing hall will naturally have to be incorporated into the central ownership in order to form a joint force. Besides, the military and political capital of the Wing Hall is still very different from Tianjing, thinking that the three towns of Wuhan and the southern Wing Hall of Hubei occupy only half of the people of the province have to feed more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Wing Palace, how heavy should the burden be? The wing hall of Wuchang returned to the Tianjing system one day earlier. It is a good thing for the Yidian and a good thing for the people of the three towns of Wuhan. It's also a good thing for the Wing King. The King of the West has high hopes for the Winged King, as long as the Winged King can return to Tianjing. It is the second person in the Kingdom of Heaven, and the rest of the people in the Wing Hall are also official positions, but they are replaced by the official body of Tianjing, so why not? If the Kingdom of Heaven wants to be unified, it is natural to annex a warlord, and the Yidian now occupies the three towns of Wuhan, choking the strategic points on the Yangtze River, and making a semi-independent move, it is absolutely impossible for Tianjing to let it go unpunished. The soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Heaven will not agree! ”

Han Baoying was silent, she also knew how prosperous the southern nine provinces under the jurisdiction of Tianjing were under the rule of the Western King, and the old Manchu Qing Dynasty was still used under the rule of Yidian, that is, the one Shi Dakai did in the history of managing the military and government in Jiangxi, although some of the Manchu Qing's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were also abolished, but on the whole, the reform was not deepened enough, industry and commerce were not developed enough, and the people's lives were able to live with food and clothing but not as good as under Tianjing. It is such a small place, and the wing hall raises more than 100,000 soldiers. Naturally, it is impossible to be equipped with too many firearms, and the soldiers are similar to the Manchu soldiers, and it is still an army with a mixture of hot and cold weapons. And the officials of the Wing Hall relied on the residual power of the Wing Hall to live a rich life.

Li Kaifang's words are not wrong, Tianjing wants to unify the whole country. It is impossible to let the Wing Hall go on so semi-independently, and ask the Wing King to return to Tianjing to supervise the country, and the clear meaning is to let the Wing King hand over the territory and people. It's just that in the official face, Li Kaifang doesn't admit it. But anyone with a discerning eye knows it. It was a matter of time before Tianjing unified the world and annexed the Wing Palace, and Han Baoying also had this premonition before this trip. But at this moment, listening to Li Kaifang's blatant announcement, he is still a little uncomfortable.

Li Kaifang wiped his mouth with a sweat towel and stood up and walked to Han Baoying's side and said: "Staff Officer Han, you have been in Tianjing for a long time, and you also know the difference between Tianjing and Yidian, you should also know that the return of Yidian to Tianjing is only good for the soldiers and civilians of Yidian, but only some generals in Yidian are disliked, once they are merged into Tianjing, although there may not be any change in their official positions, but in private, some of their private rights in the three towns of Wuhan will definitely be lost, which is the crux of Yidian's refusal to belong now." ”

Han Baoying clenched his fists and said, "I believe that my father-in-law and his old man will be able to distinguish between right and wrong and shut up those villains." ”

Li Kaifang said leisurely: "It would naturally be best if the Wing King could subdue the people under him, but I am afraid that the Wing King's ears will be soft......

At the same time, in the Yellow Crane Tower, the people in the wing hall were also discussing behind closed doors. Huang Yukun first stood up and said: "Since the king of the West has ruled Tianjing, he has been able to expand the territory and prosper the kingdom of heaven. But how Tianjing's side treated the Tianwang clan after the Tianjing Change, everyone should also be able to see it, and the Wing King went to serve as a prisoner and handed over the military power, which was tantamount to conspiring with the tiger. Moreover, after the chaos, in order to buy people's hearts, the king of the west was very generous to the remnants of the North Hall and the Yan Palace, and made the marquis to Wei Zhijun and those Northern Kingdom Sects, thinking that the enmity between my wing hall and the north hall is not the same as the sky, I can't bear this breath and be with their enemies! ”

Everyone present understood that although Li Kaifang did not admit that he wanted to annex the Wing Palace, the few things he proposed here made it clear that this was the purpose, so that everyone did not talk nonsense and directly discussed the pros and cons of returning to Tianjing.

Shi Dakai frowned and twisted into a Sichuan character, in all fairness, he could also see that it was a matter of time before the Wing Hall returned to Tianjing, but he couldn't ignore the wishes of his subordinates, and he also knew that the main reason why Huang Yukun was angry was that the West Palace's treatment of the remaining people in the North Hall and Yan Hall was too lenient, and he pushed it clean without participating in a sentence, Huang Yukun was heartbroken and his beloved daughter and several grandsons and granddaughters all died at the hands of the North Hall and Yan Hall and couldn't let go.

Thinking of this, Shi Dakai couldn't help but glance at the strategists Zhang Suimou, Zhou Zhuqi, Guozong Shi Zhenji, Shi Xiangzhen, General Lai Yuxin, Li Fuxuan and others present, hoping to hear their opinions.

Strategist Zhou Zhuqi was the first to stand up and echo Huang Yukun's words: "What Boss Huang said is very true, Wei Zhijun and others are now in a high position in Tianjing, after the return of my wing hall, I will return to Tianjing to take up an official position, if I still work under Wei Zhijun and these dog thieves, wouldn't it be unpleasant?" The thought of having to work with these enemies and dog thieves is not worth it for the Wing King! ”

General Lai Yuxin said even more directly: "Yes, King Yi, how can you be a slave with others?" Our wing hall has always been self-contained, and when we go back to be governed by others, how can we be at ease here? ”

Li Fuxuan also echoed: "Yes, our Wing Hall has always respected the doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven and has not changed, but what about Tianjing? There is a miasma in the army, there is a belief in everything, and it is a mess, and these winged hall brothers under our command are only afraid of being bullied when they go back! ”

Among the Shi family's disciples, Shi Xiangzhen and Shi Zhenji attended on behalf of the two of them, but the two of them were silent, the Shi family also listened to Shi Dakai, as long as Shi Dakai agreed, they would agree, but Shi Xiangzhen still got up and said: "Your Highness, do you want to talk to Tianjing again, let us Yidian still be able to form an army alone, let's give up Wuhan Three Towns and other places, even if we are transferred to the north of Xinjiang Yongzhen in the future, we can still contribute to the Kingdom of Heaven, and we will not hinder Tianjing for anything." ”

Shi Da was happy for a while, Zhou Zhuqi, Lai Yuxin, Li Fuxuan and others represented the voices of the generals with foreign surnames in the Wing Palace, they were unwilling to give up some of the private rights obtained by the Wing Hall to become a single army and dominate one side, so they verbally pampered Huang Yukun and others, and used the hatred of the Wing Hall that was destroyed in the Tianjing Incident to prevent the Wing Hall from returning.

And Shi Xiangzhen and others just wanted to retain military power, to be honest, Shi Dakai was also more inclined to Shi Xiangzhen and others' ideas. Shi Dakai is also a person, and he will also have selfish desires, he has led the army alone for many years, and he is also a person who is used to being comfortable, and the wing hall all respects him as a person, although the king of the West has given a lot of power to draw cakes, but Shi Dakai is still a little reluctant to the power in his hands now, yes, how can he be a slave with a man?

If you can negotiate with the king of the west, let the king of the west promise the Yidian to give up the three towns of Wuhan and other places, and then the army and horses of the Yidian will go to the northwest, or form an army alone, for the territory of the northwest of China in the Yongzhen of the Heavenly Kingdom, then he will be able to stand on his own and be acceptable. Just like the general Mu Tianbo in the Ming Dynasty guarded Yunnan, and Mu Wangfu was the border of Yunnan in Yongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Tianjing and Shi Dakai didn't want to go back, but they were all people from the King of the West.

In the end, Shi Dakai looked at Zhang Suimou and asked, "Suimou, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhang Suimou smiled and said: "Actually, the Wing King already has a plan in his heart, why bother asking his subordinates?" ”

Shi Dakai frowned and said, "This king wants to hear Suimou's true words. ”

Zhang Suimou sighed lightly and said: "What the Wing King wants in his heart is nothing more than to be able to follow the example of King Mu of the Ming Dynasty, get the permission of the King of Tianjing West, keep the soldiers and horses of the Wing Palace, and give up the three towns of Wuhan, and then the Wing Hall will go to Xinjiang, Tibet and other places where the soldiers and horses of Tianjing have not yet recovered, and open up the territory for the Kingdom of Heaven, and then the King of Tianjing West can agree to the northwest territory of the Yongzhen of the Wing Palace." ”

Shi Dakai asked: "This is also a method, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Suimou got up and pointed to the map laid out by the Tianjing people in the palace and said: "This method can only ensure peace for a while, and now in order to end the domestic war as soon as possible, the king of the west may be able to endure the anger and agree to the king of the wings, but in the future, once the king of the west has pacified the battle of the British and French alliances, he will inevitably raise the strength of the whole country to subdue us, and the result will be the same at that time." Besides, most of our soldiers and horses in the wing hall are soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and we have to go to the bitter cold land in the north, but I am afraid that the soldiers will be unstable, although the method is good, but there are too many difficulties. ”

Shi Da was happy, he also thought about these things, how easy is it for the soldiers and horses of the Yidian to go to Xinjiang and other places? If the soldiers miss their homeland and are not accustomed to the water and soil, it is the first difficult thing to do. Moreover, Xinjiang and other places are vast and sparsely populated, and there are mixed ethnic groups, so I am afraid that it is not easy to govern. And what Shi Dakai was most worried about was what Zhang Suimou said, the king of the west first forbears for a while, and when he defeats Britain and France, if he frees his hands, the ambitious king of the west will definitely not allow him to make semi-independent moves in Xinjiang and other places.

Shi Dakai said a little dejectedly: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Suimou looked at Huang Yukun and the others, and arched his hand: "Then it depends on whether the Wing King wants to leave a name in history or leave a stench for 10,000 years......" (to be continued......