Chapter 99: Zhao Zongshou's Encounter

Mei Yin thought silently in his heart, and secretly pondered in his heart that he first had to find a way to catch up with Beijing.

After all, Xining is too far away from the main battlefield.

The news is blocked, and even many relationships are broken. Mei Yin is Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine in the end, and he has a way to get on the line with Beijing. It's just that there are too many joints in it. When there are many people, it is easy to leak secrets. Immediately, Mei Yin remembered someone.

Mei Yin's heart moved, and he said secretly: "Maybe he has the key to connecting with Beijing."

This person is none other than others. He is Zhao Zongshou.

After he set up a line with He Xi in Beijing, he returned to the southwest in the name of Beijing's special envoy, ostensibly as a smuggler, but privately contacted Tusi in various places to ask them to respond to Beijing. But none of these toasts are fools.

Naturally, they refused to stand up for Beijing and become the first bird in the southwest region, and of course, they also refused to cut off contact with Beijing. Even the land that has already been naturalized should be given back to these toasts.

Of course, they agreed to trade between the two sides.

He Xi naturally refused to agree to these conditions.

The main He Xi didn't think that the Southwest Tusi could be of any help to the main battlefield, don't look at how badly the southern army on the front line is fighting. But one or two thousand soldiers and horses in Guizhou are enough to overwhelm these toasts.

As for giving them a large number of firearms, He Xi was unwilling.

He Xi knew that with the Great War of the North and the South, millions of firecrackers were produced, and a large number of firecrackers would definitely flow into the civilian population in the future. But in the end, that is in the future, He Xi has already begun to think about the post-war situation, he can't give a lot of fire to the southwest by himself, and he will have to clean up the mess by himself in the future.

He Xi even secretly sent someone to do an inauthentic thing. That is to ask Yao Guangxiao to report the information of Beijing's contact with the Southwest Tusi to Nanjing.

After all, what He Xi wanted was that the Southwest Tusi could contain some Nanjing troops. If you can do your best, you can do it if you can't. It's nothing more than an idle move. And letting the Southwest Tusi contain Nanjing's troops, letting the Southwest Tusi make trouble by itself is one way, and letting Nanjing make trouble is also a way.

Moreover, when the Ming Dynasty was doing toast work, it was too simple and rude. kills people at every turn, and many generals hope that the Southwest Tusi will make trouble, because this is a living military feat. After all, it was a bitter battle for the southern army to fight the northern army. But to fight the southwest toast, except for some hard work in drilling the ravine, the rest is simply hand-to-hand.

Unless Zhu Yunwen knows the news, he doesn't know. He would give a little instruction, such as finding out. Or prevent it before it happens. It is very likely to stimulate the southwest generals to stimulate the contradiction between the originally nervous Tusi and the local generals.

There's even a little bit of caution here, and that's that the north side is fighting too badly. The Southwest Ming Army did not want to go to the battlefield. Since I don't want to go to war. Naturally, there must be some suitable reasons.

Toast rebellion, is this reason appropriate?

As a result, a turmoil in the southwest was inevitable. Anyway, since Fu Youde went to Yunnan, the southwest has not been too peaceful, and every few years there is a trouble, not only the imperial court is used to it, but the southwest is also used to it.

It's just that in this way, it hurt Zhao Zongshou.

Zhao Zongshou didn't understand who had revealed the news.

But his situation has become very dangerous.

He Xi naturally did not let Yao Guangxiao tell Nanjing about Zhao Zongshou's existence. But once Nanjing investigates, Zhao Zongshou is easy to find out that something is wrong. And the toast side will not be leaky at all.

After all, the Ming court has not been too secretive these days. It's impossible to expect him to keep a toast secret.

So Zhao Zongshou worked hard to avoid the arrest of the Nanjing court.

even went deep into Tibet for a time, so that he could be regarded as evading the arrest of Nanjing.

In this way, we arrived in Xining.

Mei Yin's ability to control Xining is not comparable to ordinary magistrates. After all, he has been operating here for so many years. Although Zhao Zongshou is disguised under a pseudonym. But it can't be hidden from Mei Yin's ears and eyes.

However, Mei Yin didn't know.

This has always been his attitude towards the Civil War, and it is rare to be confused and not to do anything out of line. Taking down a spy will not let Mei Yin have any merits, but it can make him stand on the opposite side of Beijing.

Now Mei Yin's mind moved. And so and so I commanded.

So, Zhao Zongshou, who was disguised in the inn after dressing up, received a big gift.

The housekeeper of the Mei Mansion said: "My wife, I miss my little sister, but it is thousands of miles away, it is difficult to visit, today's guests from the north, please send some gifts to Beijing, Mr. is willing to serve?" Naturally, the benefits of Mr. are indispensable."

Immediately, the housekeeper of the Mei Mansion did not wait for Zhao Zongshou to answer.

The gift has already been put down. There are no gold and silver vulgar things, and there are some things produced in Qinghai, such as Qinghai mane and Haixi horse. There are even some of the furs of iron-eating beasts. This is also what Mrs. Mei, who is also known to Princess Ningguo, and the little sister likes iron-eating beasts the most. That is, the giant panda.

It's just that Princess Ning Guo likes it, and it's probably like that.

Zhao Zongshou opened the box given to him by the housekeeper of the Mei Mansion, and there was nothing else in it. It's the guide.

It is Zhao Zongshou's new identity.

With Mei Yin's move, this new identity naturally can't be real.

Zhao Zongshou was stunned in his heart.

Knowing that his identity has already been revealed. But another thought came to him. That's the opportunity.

That's right.

Now, Zhao Zongshou knew that his strategy against the Southwest Tusi had failed.

It's almost impossible to succeed.

Now the southwest Tusi, which is closely related to Zhao Zongshou, has been encircled and suppressed, or is about to be encircled and suppressed. However, this really restrained tens of thousands of troops in Nanjing. There is still a lot of grain and grass to consume.

Zhao Zongshou didn't think about something. But he just thought about it and stopped. Because he didn't think about it, even if things were really as he thought, could it be that he could not do anything?

It's smartest to think that you don't know.

He certainly has a good relationship with the Southwest Toast. But that's about it. He doesn't think about them either, he thinks more about himself.

That's where is the way out?

It is impossible for the Southwest Tusi to rebel, and this road has been broken. It doesn't make sense for him to be in Beijing anymore. Even if he goes back, he will ask for a petty official at most, and he will spend this life in a mess in the future.

At this time, the arrival of the housekeeper of the Mei Mansion made Zhao Zongshou see the opportunity.

If he can pull Mei Yin over, the benefits will be far greater than that of Southwest Toast.

First of all, Mei Yin's identity is different from that of Southwest Toast. Mei Yin's defection can affect many people. And the Southwest Toast Incident couldn't do this at all.

Secondly, the strength in Mei Yin's hands is much stronger than that of Southwest Tusi. First of all, the strength of Xining City, there are several guards in Xining City, with a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are many Tusi near Xining who listen to Mei Yin. Mei Yin had already convinced them.

After all, Mei Yin is Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law, a relative of the emperor, and a leading figure in the northwest generation, and he also has quite a lot of connections in his hands. If he raises an army, it will not only be his own plan.

Finally, and most importantly.

That is Zhao Zongshou's obvious taste. Mei Yin has this thought. If Mei Yin didn't have this mind, all the previous prerequisites would not be important.

But Mei Yin has this thought, and Zhao Zongshou can only do this thing. The previous ones are useful.

This is also Mei Yin's idea, if you send it to the door, you will be looked down upon. Give Beijing a hint and let Beijing come up with its own conditions. This is conducive to selling yourself at a high price. And Mei Yin is confident that she can bring more things to Beijing.

Originally, when Zhao Zongshou was still hesitant and helpless about the current situation, he got Mei Yin's hint, and without saying a word, he took the risk and immediately went north, wanting to rush back to Beijing.

The impact of the Battle of Yulin was not only from the top, but also from the bottom.

Zhao Zongshou obviously felt that the lower level of the inventory was much looser. A lot of people are perfunctory. It can be seen that this incident has shocked the northwest region. Yulin is not just open

Guanzhong Avenue also opens the door to Ningxia.

The sound of sharpening knives from Beijing was heard throughout the Northwest.

In this case, they are all worried about tomorrow. How can you do your duty? Zhao Zongshou was even more sure that his idea would definitely be able to be done.