Originally, Sheng Yong was sent to Huai'an by Zhu Di, and he wanted to see the situation first.

Unexpectedly, Geng Bingwen's three sons, Geng Xuan, the former military governor, Geng Xuan, the rear military governor, and Shangbao Siqing Geng Xuan were killed by Zhu Di successively.

Sheng Yong immediately knew that something was wrong, and then, when Sheng Yong heard the news, Zhu Di often sent people to sneak into Mei Yin's mansion, and Mei Yin noticed it, and scolded Zhu Di many times in private, Sheng Yong knew that Mei Yin might not be good in the future.

So, Sheng Yong contacted Ping An even more, and the two decided to run away together.

Sheng Yong first arranged for the whole family to go south and fled to Changsha Village, Fujian, the address given by Zhu Gaoxu, and then disguised himself as Sun Lin's personal soldier, followed Sun Lin to Yunnan, and directly took refuge with Zhu Gaoxu.

According to him, Ping An was more cautious, and he fled with his family to southern Fujian, and then from Fujian to Yunnan.

"Okay, okay, I have to be a general, like a tiger with wings." Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed and praised again and again.

At that moment, Sheng Yong introduced Sun Lin to Zhu Gaoxu, the former subordinate of Guo Ying, and later the pioneer of Sheng Yong.

Sun Lin knelt down and mentioned Jin Rong, claiming that when Geng Bingwen died in battle, only the king of Gaoyang County respected the old general the most in the Yan army, Guo Ying, and the old general Guo Ying, and mentioned this matter more than once among our generals.

He and Jin Rong are also old acquaintances, and he has long intended to throw himself into the King of Han, the last time the King of Han recruited three guards in Beijing, he wanted to take refuge, but in order to cover Sheng Yong, he did not participate, of course, Sheng Yong did not decide to escape, he must have said kind words, but this is not important, Zhu Gaoxu admires Sheng Yong very much, Sheng Yong is very smart, even if he comes to take refuge, he also takes Sun Lin, and it is really much more profitable than Ping An.

Very good, very good, Zhu Gaoxu said happily, after Sheng Yong and Ping'an came, it was more convincing for Xipinghou and He Lu.

Especially Sheng Yong, who was repeatedly defeated and fought in Jingnan, and at the last moment still fought a bloody battle against the Northern Army on the Puzikou River, he was indeed the most loyal general of the Southern Army.

When he first came to Yunnan, Zhu Gaoxu heard that Zheng Xiang was the commander of the army, commanding the three guards of the Han Dynasty, and saw that Zhu Di had sent a few new commanders to Yunnan, Mu Sheng refused to see him, and immediately felt that there seemed to be countless mountains around his head, and he felt very uncomfortable in his depressed heart.

Since he met He Lu with Xipinghou, and met Sheng Yong and Li Lin again, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a kind of joy that saw the sun from the clouds, and Huo Ran was cheerful, and it seemed that all the difficulties could be solved.

The day after Sheng Yong arrived, Xiping Marquis Musheng finally took a bunch of civil officials from Yunnan to the Han Wangfu to meet the Han King.

Yunnan Chengxuan political envoy Zuo Bu, the former political envoy of the Yan army into Beijing, threw himself into the river and died, and after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he changed a large number of local main civil officials in the first year of Yongle.

The current political envoy of the left cloth is Cao Yu, the former political envoy of the right cloth of Beiping.

Cao Yu, the former assassin, was reappointed as the political envoy of Shandong, and this time Zhu Di directly sent him to Yunnan.

The promotion of the criminal department was given to Zhou Jing in the matter, and he was the political envoy of Yunnan.

The original history Zhou Jing was promoted to the political envoy of Shanxi.

In addition, Miao Wei, the left senator of the General Political Department, was promoted to the position of Yunnan Inspector. Jiang Di and Zhou Le were the deputy envoys of the inspection envoys.

Ru Qi, the former director of the Criminal Department, is the chief prosecutor of Yunnan.

Zhu Gaoxu met with these civil officials in the main hall and found that the civil and military officials above the fourth grade in Yunnan were basically replaced by Zhu Di, and many of the officials who came today have just risen this year.

Some people are still old acquaintances of Yanwangfu.

Zhu Di is so worried about Zhu Gaoxu, so many civil and military attaches will go to Yunnan.

It's a pity that now that Zhu Gaochu has caught up with the Marquis of Xiping, as long as Zheng Xiang is pulled into the water again, plus the middle-level generals below the command level of each guard post, then Zhu Gaochu will have the confidence to control the whole of Yunnan.

After Xiping Hou came, he was very cold, in front of all the civil officials, and did not chat with Zhu Gaoxu, as if it was just for the sake of superficial work, after meeting the King of Han, he left under the pretext of leaving, and some of the other civil officials also left quickly, only Cao Yu, who had stayed in Beiping, was more familiar with Zhu Gaoxu, and after sitting for a while, he left.

The officials left one after another, and the next day there was news to all parts of Yunnan Prefecture, saying that the Marquis of Xiping and the civil officials did not give Zhu Gaoxu face yesterday, and went in to say hello and leave, and the King of Han was furious in the mansion and smashed a lot of utensils.

In fact, Xipinghou left through the front door with his front foot, and entered the house through the back door with his back foot.

After entering the mansion, Xiping Hou was shocked when he saw Sheng Yong.

What shocked him even more was that Sheng Yong fled directly from Huai'an to Yunnan.

As soon as they met, Sheng Yong pulled Xipinghou into the water.

"King Yan's virtue is too well understood, now don't kill me and peace for the sake of show, when he sits firmly in the world, we will all be liquidated."

When Sheng Yong said that we people, he obviously counted Xiping Hou as well.

When you Yunnan was in Jingjing, you also sent troops, although you only sent one guard and horse, but it was also a send.

The corners of Xipinghou's mouth twitched, thinking that after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he immediately changed the important officials of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, the Political Envoy Division, and the Judicial Division, which were obviously aimed at him.

Thinking about it this way, it seems to make sense, with Zhu Di's virtue, when he sits down steadily, he will definitely trouble me.

The Marquis of Xiping has already become a brother with Zhu Gaoxu, and he is allied by blood, Sheng Yong's words will only make him more determined to walk with Zhu Gaoxu.

"Governor Shengdu, you have a lot of ideas, everyone is total, I want the court to attack Annam." Zhu Gaoxu said at this time.

Sheng Yong immediately asked Xiping Hou: "What is the situation of Annan now?" ”

The Marquis of Xiping told Sheng Yong about the situation in Annan, and also said that there is now a man named Ruan Kang, who is a domestic slave of the Chen Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Yu Dynasty, he once rebelled and wanted to restore the Chen Dynasty, and fled to Yunnan after defeat.

"Is there still a clan in the Chen Dynasty?" Sheng Yong asked.

"The Chen Dynasty clan has been killed by Hu Jichen, and only Chen Shaodi is still locked up in Shenglong."

In fact, the news of Xipinghou was a little slower, because just two months before Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Yunnan, in July, Hu Jichen knew that the Ming Dynasty had changed the emperor, and had ordered Emperor Chen Shaodi to be executed, and then sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, the imperial family of the Chen Dynasty was extinct, and his son Hu Hancang's nephew was promoted as the emperor by the ministers and asked for canonization.

When Zhu Gaoxu and the others were discussing Annan now, Hu Hancang's envoy had already arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

After Sheng Yong heard this, he was silent for a moment and came up with a clever plan.

"Let Ruan Kang claim to be the clan of the Chen Dynasty, ask the Ming Sect to send troops to help restore the country, and accuse Hu Hancang of conspiring to seize the throne."

"Zhu Di himself seized the throne, and he definitely can't tolerate others doing the same."

"He needs to stand on the position of righteousness and morality to prove the legitimacy of his throne, so Hu Hancang, who is illegal, must be the target of his attack."

That's what Ruan Kang did in the original history, but he didn't expect Sheng Yong to coincide with Ruan Kang's thoughts.

However, the original history of Ruan Kang did not flee to the Ming Jingshi until next year.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu would not remember these histories, otherwise he would have brought it up a long time ago, and now after Sheng Yong proposed it, he thought about it and felt that he could try it.

Because Sheng Yong's analysis of Zhu Di is very good, a person like Zhu Di who illegally obtained the throne, in order to prove his legitimacy, will definitely crack down on other illegal attempts to seize the throne.

"I think I can add one, Zhu Di will definitely use troops against Annan." Zhu Gaoxu said at this time.

Xiping Hou and Sheng Yong both looked at him.

"Spreading rumors outside, Emperor Jianwen fled from Guizhou to Annam."

Xipinghou's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Sheng Yong's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "You can do this." ”

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In late September, Zheng Xiang, the commander of the Yunnan army, hosted a banquet at the palace for the Han King, the Marquis of Xiping, the political envoys of Yunnan, the envoys of the left and right sides of Yunnan, the envoys of the inspection of the capital, and other important civil and military officials of Yunnan.

The level of his banquet is relatively high, only Sun Lin's level is a little lower, but Sun Lin came from Beijing with him, and he has not yet gone to Erhaiwei to serve.

Erhaiwei is still quite far away from Kunming, after Sun Lin arrived, he dragged it and didn't leave, saying that he wanted to meet Xiping Hou, Zheng Xiang also had the heart to make friends with Xiping Hou and Han Wang, so he found a time, feasted Han Wang and others, and brought Sun Lin.

During the banquet, the King of Han sat in the first place, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and the atmosphere looked very harmonious, because in addition to the King of Han and the Marquis of Xiping, almost all of them were Zhu Di's new officials who changed to Yunnan after ascending the throne.

Cao Yu, the political envoy of Zuobu, was even more exquisite, and during the banquet, he specially praised the King of Han, saying that he had made great achievements in appeasement, and everyone also followed.

This will make the civil officials still know nothing about Zhu Gaoxu's treatment, and they don't understand it, but the generals know it in their hearts.

Cao Long and Zheng Xiang both knew that His Majesty was secretly guarding against King Han, and King Han definitely didn't want to hear these things.

But there is no way, Cao Yu picked this and said, they could only barely accompany it, and they couldn't break it.

During the banquet, Xiping Marquis rarely spoke, and he responded only when someone toasted him, he seemed to be at odds with the King of Han, and the two did not speak except for a toast to each other.

If it weren't for Cao Yu and Zheng Xiang who were more able to speak, the atmosphere at the scene would probably be quite embarrassing.

Halfway through the banquet, Xipinghou suddenly said: "According to the ancestral system, we civil and military officials can't get together and drink like this." ”

brush, Zheng Xiang's face was flushed, and King Han's face was not good-looking.

Xiping Hou said again: "However, Zheng Dudu returned to Yunnan, and the King of Han fell here, today is considered to be a dust wash for the two of them, we can't do this in the future, otherwise the official will be impeached, but it will be difficult to explain." ”

Everyone nodded one after another, saying that what Xipinghou said made sense.

Seeing that the banquet was about to end, Zheng Xiang looked up at Cao Long many times.

He had already found an intermediary and asked Cao Long, the commander of Yunnan, to open his mouth to test it.

Cao Long also brewed for a long time, and when he saw Zheng Xiang constantly hinting, he got up again and saluted Sun Lin.

He smiled and said: "Commander Sun is stationed in Zhenerhai, the conditions over there are more difficult, and there will be Commander Lao Sun in the future." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, this is the duty of the last general." Sun Lin hurriedly said.

Cao Long had a drink with him, and then asked, "Did Commander Sun make all the family members follow?"

"It's all here." Sun Lin said with a smile: "Get used to bringing your insider, otherwise you won't be able to sleep well alone." ”

Everyone laughed.

"How old are Commander Sun's children?" Cao Long chatted casually.

Sun Lindao, the eldest son is twenty-one, the second son is nineteen, and the third son is sixteen.

There are actually three sons.

Cao Long shouted, "Good son is a powerful commander, the three are all sons, and two of me are daughters."

Unexpectedly, Sun Lin immediately changed his words and said with a smile, my unscrupulous third son Sun Cheng is stupid and stupid, and he has not married yet, and I would like to ask all the officials here to help me, if there is a suitable one, you can introduce it, and I will thank you again.

When Cao Long and Zheng Xiang heard this, Cao Long immediately said: "Such a coincidence, then I will not be polite to be a matchmaker." ”

"Zheng Dudu's beloved daughter Zheng Wei is also unmarried, isn't this ready-made?"

The crowd applauded and joined in.

(End of chapter)