The guard guarding the door cautiously walked to Emperor Yongde's study and knocked lightly on the door.

"Knock.. Boom... Boom"

"Come in.."

Yongde, who heard the knock on the door, put down the scroll in his hand and said softly.

Yongde is not very old, his white face is beardless, his eyes are bright, and the corners of his mouth maintain an upward arc all the time, giving people a sense of harmlessness to humans and animals.

After hearing the words that he was allowed to enter, the soldier cautiously pushed open the door, and then knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, there are people outside the palace gate who ask to see you, saying that they are here to offer advice, and the subordinates don't look like they are panicking, so they specially come in to make a statement." ”

"Hmm... I know, you go down and take him to the living room to sit down, and I'll be there at once. ”

At this time, Emperor Yongde glanced up at the guard and said lightly.

The guard breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the answer, and after softly saying yes, he cautiously exited the study, and then walked away quickly.

At this time, Emperor Yongde stood up, walked to the window, looked at the garden outside, and didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

The guard hurried all the way to the door, and when he saw that Liu Zongyuan was still standing there and did not leave, he immediately nodded, and then hugged his fist at Liu Zongyuan and said, "This gentleman, according to the rules, we need to search you, please forgive me!"

After Liu Zongyuan heard this, he didn't have any obvious intention of resisting, opened his arms, and let the guards search his body, and the guards also searched very carefully, and even asked Liu Zongyuan to take off his boots for inspection.

After the search, the guard looked at the package behind Liu Zongyuan and motioned to take it down for inspection.

Liu Zongyuan also faced it calmly, stretched out his hand to take down the package and handed it to the guard, the guard didn't say a word, opened it and checked it, and all he saw was a change of clothes and money, and there were no weapons, so he handed it back to Liu Zongyuan.

Then he apologized, "My duty, please don't blame me, sir, please come with me." ”

Liu Zongyuan nodded, followed behind the guards, bypassed the front hall, and then entered the meeting room.

The guard who was sent to the meeting room instructed Liu Zongyuan, "The emperor has something to do, please wait for a while." ”

After saying that, the guard bowed down and retreated, and then naturally a maid brought tea and some snacks.

After a cup of tea, Emperor Yongde didn't change his clothes, but just took a folding fan in his hand and walked in from behind.

Entering the reception hall, he first looked Liu Zongyuan up and down at first glance, and saw that there was nothing extraordinary, so he covered up the disdain in his heart a little, and then sat on the main seat.

As Emperor Yongde sat down, Liu Zongyuan got up, bent down and clasped his fists and saluted: "Grass people Liu Zongyuan, meet the first emperor of Yongde." ”

"Excuse me"

Emperor Yongde whispered, but did not speak.

In this way, Liu Zongyuan suddenly fell into embarrassment, so he had to sit back again.

And just like that, the parlor fell silent.

After half a cup of tea, Emperor Yongde saw that Liu Zongyuan had not yet spoken, and suddenly felt a little unhappy, you said that you came to offer advice, and you didn't speak when you saw me, which one is this play!

"I don't know what Mr. Liu is here for?" asked Emperor Yongdedu with a little anger.

Liu Zongyuan did not answer immediately, but looked at the two guards behind Emperor Yongde, and the meaning was self-evident!

"It's okay, if you have something to say, it's all your own people!"

Seeing Liu Zongyuan's eyes, Emperor Yongde waved at Liu Zongyuan and did not let the guards go down.

"The first emperor of Yongde, the grass people have something to say. ”

Emperor Yongde nodded, indicating that he could continue.

"At present, the emperor should also know that with the death of the old emperor, the original dynasty was divided into three, you, the eldest prince, and the three princes each occupy one place, for now, the eldest prince is weak, the three princes are the strongest, and you are second. ”

"I don't think Emperor Yongde is just thinking about occupying this corner of the south, right? If you need to go north, the first problem you face is how to defeat the third prince, Emperor Yongli. ”

Liu Zongyuan said this, staring at Emperor Yongde motionlessly.

And Emperor Yongde was expressionless, as if he was listening carefully.

Liu Zongyuan swallowed his saliva and continued: "At present, no matter what aspect you look at, Emperor Yongde, you do not have the possibility of conquering the imperial capital in a short period of time, and the army you have now must only be composed of city guards. ”

"And Emperor Wynn has a heavy army, and they are all the central armies of the original dynasty, and their combat power is definitely not on the same level in comparison. In terms of the number of troops, Emperor Yongde, you do not occupy any advantage. ”

"But don't forget one crucial thing, that is, the military power you have now is actually not supported by the original military department, and the people of the military department must now be controlled by the Yongli Emperor. ”

"So, Emperor Yongde, are you ready to cultivate your voice for the time being, win people's hearts, strengthen the speed of army formation, and then attack the imperial capital?"

Speaking of this, Liu Zongyuan finally threw out the core question.

"Not bad... That's how I arranged it. ”

Emperor Yongde still answered concisely, and his face was still expressionless. No one could see what was going on in his heart at this time.

"But Your Majesty, have you thought about it, you are dragging your time, aren't you falling into the hands of Emperor Wynn? What people need now is time to sort out the problems that occurred because of the mutiny. ”

"Once he has sorted out the affairs of the dynasty and the hearts of the people, at that time, are you sure that you still have the qualifications to fight him?"

Speaking of this, Liu Zongyuan stopped talking, in fact, this is a fact, which Yongde himself understands.

It's just that when Liu Zongyuan's words fell, an expression appeared on Emperor Yongde's face for the first time, that is, his brows slowly wrinkled, as if he was thinking about what Liu Zongyuan said!

After being silent for a while, Emperor Yongde said lightly: "Then in your opinion, what should I do now?"

"Vertical and horizontal"

Liu Zongyuan lightly spit out these four words.

"What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, the current situation, to put it simply, whoever has the most military power, who takes the lead in attacking, and wins the victory, then whoever wins. Judging from the current situation, as time goes on, I am afraid that it will not be you who will win in the end!"

"So I suggest that you unite with the eldest prince Yongchun, attack from the north and south, and don't give Emperor Yongli a chance to breathe, and within March, you will definitely be able to conquer the imperial capital, and at that time, the balance of victory will tilt towards you!"

"Smack..."

Hearing Liu Zongyuan's last words, Emperor Yongde directly stood up, pointed at Liu Zongyuan and said, "Presumably you are a lobbyist sent by Yongchun's lost dog, right?"

Liu Zongyuan did not deny it, and said directly, "Yes, I am a lobbyist sent by His Royal Highness the Great Prince, but Emperor Yongde, who sent it is really that important?"

"If you want to sit in this position and live in the palace, then you must kill Wynn before you can succeed, and as for the eldest prince, relatively speaking, he does not pose any threat to you. ”

"And you only need to pretend to ally with the Great Prince, attack the north and south to capture the imperial capital, and finally win the world, isn't it you?"

Liu Zongyuan said this, basically already expressed his meaning, and Emperor Yongde also slowly did it and began to think.

In fact, Emperor Yongde himself had Qin Chu in his heart, and he didn't want Liu Zongyuan to say that he was already doing it, because he was already urging the Heavenly Trench City in the north to prepare to go south.

But these all take time, and relatively speaking, this time happens to be what I need, but I ignore a problem, that is, time is also needed by Wynn.

As Liu Zongyuan said, the longer the time drags on, the greater the profit of Wynn, and when everyone acquiesces to this regular emperor, then the balance of victory will be completely biased in Wynn's favor.

At that time, as long as Yongchun was destroyed first, the city guards gathered by force on his side would be a vulnerable rabble and would soon collapse.

Thinking of this, Yongde trembled, this is not something that will not happen, and it is very likely to happen.

He looked at Liu Zongyuan again, and asked lightly: "It's easy to talk about this alliance, but I know so much that your master has the qualifications to form an alliance with me?"

"Haha..."

Hearing this, Liu Zongyuan immediately burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Seeing Liu Zongyuan laughing heartily, Emperor Yongde suddenly became unhappy, this presumptuous is a bit excessive.

"What am I laughing at? I laugh at you for being stupid as a donkey, if the eldest prince has that qualification, and you work together to conquer the imperial capital, who do you think the people of the imperial capital will prefer? ”

"So by that time, I'm afraid you'll have made a wedding dress for him. If, on the contrary, you just used the Great Prince to contain part of the forces of Emperor Wynn, and made a wedding dress for you to break the city. ”

"You are the last to break the city, you are the one who occupies the palace, you are the one who captures the rebels, and you are the one who rescues the palace ministers, what reason do you say they don't support you as the new emperor?"

Speaking of this, Liu Zongyuan crossed his legs, took a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth and ate it, and took a sip of the teacup in the middle of the sound.

And Emperor Yongde was angry at first, and then after listening to it, he suddenly realized that he was right, he didn't need the other party to have his own military power and manpower, as long as he could play a role in containment.

To put it mildly, it's just that the eldest prince is just regarded as a flag to attack the imperial capital.

"Come on, set up a banquet, I want to have a good drink with Mr. Liu today. After thinking about these pros and cons, Prince Yongde waved his hand and ordered.

A banquet is very happy, of course, it is not only Emperor Yongde who is happy, but the happiest is Liu Zongyuan, this time instead of being beheaded, but getting the courtesy, the key is that the purpose has been achieved.

This gave Liu Zongyuan no reason to be unhappy.

In the afternoon, Liu Zongyuan was invited into the study by Emperor Yongde and started a secret conversation, as for what the secret conversation was, no one knew, but Liu Zongyuan left the study with a hippie smile.

Emperor Yongde entertained Liu Zongyuan on the 2nd, and on the third day, Liu Zongyuan met with Emperor Yongde and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Because the covenant has been reached at present, it doesn't make much sense to be here with you, so after seeing Emperor Yongde, he directly said the idea of leaving, and Emperor Yongde did not hinder him.

gave some coils and dry food, and let the next person escort all the way to Wancheng, and this is the end.

And after a few days of trekking, Liu Zongyuan finally returned to the Acropolis again, but this time with his head held high.