When Qiao Fuguang walked out of the gate of the palace, his back was completely soaked at this time. was blown by the autumn wind, which immediately made him shiver.

But his brain was running rapidly at this time, although the conversation between him and Emperor Shengheng just now was only a few short sentences, but it contained a lot of information.

There are many things that make Qiao Fuguang shudder, and he must figure them all out in the shortest possible time.

First of all, the first question, which Qiao Fuguang feared the most, was about the fact that the envoy of the feudal town and the vassal king had given him gifts.

At that time, when these people gave gifts to themselves, they all took a very hidden channel, and the things also changed hands through several ways, so it stands to reason that no one should know about it.

But this matter was still known to Emperor Shengheng, and the problem was very big. If such a secret thing can be known to Emperor Shengheng, it means that he must have the manpower arranged by Emperor Shengheng by his side. This shows that Emperor Shengheng may not trust himself as much as he thinks.

But he simply kept a hand for himself at that time, and he did not receive these things from the festival envoys and vassal kings. And the reason why he didn't do it was not because of how honest and honest he was, but because he was worried that he would be investigated by Song Shunming of Nansi.

Now that Chen Boze and Chen Gonggong are old, they don't have a few years to live, and one of them and Song Shunming will definitely become the successor of Chen Gonggong, and any mistake at this juncture is likely to make all his efforts and plans come to naught.

It is precisely because of his great intentions that he resisted the temptation of those riches. However, considering that he was going to compete with Song Shunming for the position of Gonggong Chen next, although he did not accept bribes from various places, he still thought a little carefully about arranging the army of the feudal town and the army of the feudal king in various places.

Originally, he had always thought that Emperor Shengheng should not have too many opinions on this matter. After all, he was left at the forefront to resist the steppe army was the beggar army of the various feudal towns and feudal states.

These people are all traitors from the steppe tribes, and to put it bluntly, they are all aliens. As the saying goes, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, so the life or death of these people should not be too important.

In addition, most of the beggar army was set up by His Majesty Emperor Shengwu, and the generals of the various beggar armies were also appointed by Emperor Shengwu during his reign, so according to common sense, as Emperor Shengheng, he should be extremely afraid of the beggar army.

Just like Emperor Shengheng was very jealous of the generals in the army who were promoted during the period of Emperor Shengwu.

Among them, the Pengzhou Army is a typical example. Long Yiyi, the commander of the Pengzhou Army, was directly shelved in the border city of Yuyang County to guard the border for ten years because he was a general who was promoted during the period of Emperor Shengwu.

Even later, the Pengzhou Army was used as a scapegoat by the Beisi and the Ministry of War, but Emperor Shengheng only turned a blind eye.

Until later, the entire Pengzhou army was killed, and Emperor Shengheng did not give Long Yiyi and Pengzhou the army an obituary. This is extremely unfair to Long Yi and Pengzhou Jun, but this is the attitude of Emperor Shengheng, even if the whole world is excited, Emperor Shengheng has not changed his attitude.

Therefore, Qiao Fuguang will refer to the final outcome of the Pengzhou Army, and guess that Emperor Shengheng should also want to get rid of these beggar troops first, and then quickly.

But what he didn't expect was that Emperor Shengheng had a completely different attitude towards these beggar troops.

Although Emperor Shengheng's attitude towards the beggar army surprised Qiao Fuguang, the reason for this was still very clear to Qiao Fuguang.

After all, now the Dayu Dynasty has shown signs that the edifice is about to collapse, and the feudal towns and feudal kings everywhere are ready to move.

This will make it difficult for Emperor Shengheng to sleep. Therefore, he must use these beggar armies to balance the various feudal towns and vassal kings.

Thinking of the balance, Qiao Fuguang's brows couldn't help but furrow a little tighter. Soon Qiao Fuguang came to his residence.

As soon as he returned to his residence, a middle-aged eunuch immediately served him tea.

"Si Zheng, isn't Your Majesty dissatisfied with our arrangement this time?" The middle-aged eunuch asked cautiously while beating Qiao Fuguang's legs.

This eunuch's name is You Fuming, and he is Qiao Fuguang's most important confidant. In the past, You Fuming was just the most ordinary eunuch in the imperial dining room, and once he was almost cut down by the prince because he collided with a prince while serving food.

It just so happened that this matter was seen by Qiao Fuguang who was passing by, and Qiao Fuguang took pity on You Fuming at that time, so he opened his mouth to intercede for him.

And the prince saw Qiao Fuguang's face, so he spared You Fuming, and later You Fuming followed Qiao Fuguang's side and saddled his horse for him, and finally became his confidant.

Although he had not read much, he was extremely observant and had great military and political talents.

This also made him quickly become the second-in-command in the North Division.

"Fuming, I walked around the ghost gate today!" Qiao Fuguang took a sip of tea before he slowly exhaled.

"Why did Si Zheng say this?" Gonggong You asked puzzled. In his opinion, even if the combat strategy formulated by their Beisi and the Ministry of War did not suit the emperor's wishes, it would not almost kill Qiao Fuguang.

"Today, the Holy Lord directly revealed that he already knew that the envoy of the festival and the vassal king had bribed us!" Qiao Fuguang was a little trembling when he spoke at this time.

"How is this possible?" Gonggong You was also taken aback by Qiao Fuguang's words, you must know that this matter is something he can handle single-handedly, and the degree of secrecy is far from being comparable to ordinary things.

"I already thought about this when I came back, either we have His Majesty's secret son by our side, or there is a temperate envoy and the vassal king who leaked this matter." Qiao Fuguang said his guess.

"Si Zheng is going to say that it is unlikely that we are walking here, the people involved in this matter are our henchmen, they have not operated this matter once or twice, if it is really them who leaked the news, then our previous affairs will definitely be exposed together, but Your Majesty did not punish you, so it means that Your Majesty does not know about the previous affairs." Gonggong You analyzed Qiao Fuguang's leg while giving him an analysis.

"As for the leakage from those jiedu envoys and vassal kings, it is very possible, I have heard that Nansi has planted a large number of shadows in various feudal towns and feudal states, and these secrets are dead sons who will not be used under normal circumstances, and the situation in the court is unstable during this time, and these dead sons may be activated."

"It's possible, but just in case, the people on our side still have to do a good job of investigation, and let them hurry up and destroy all the previous evidence, I don't want to have an accident at this time." After listening to Gonggong You's analysis, Qiao Fuguang's heart couldn't help but relax a little.

"In addition, Your Majesty has already guessed that the real target of the grassland tribe this time is not the imperial capital, but the southern capital."

"Then what is Your Majesty's attitude towards this?" Gonggong You was not surprised that Emperor Shengheng was able to know the true goal of the grassland tribe.

After all, although Emperor Shengheng himself was not wise and martial enough, there was no shortage of wise and shrewd people in the entire imperial court.

There must be some of these people who can get a glimpse of the real goal of the grassland tribe this time.

And once someone guesses the true goal of the grassland tribe, they will definitely report to Emperor Shengheng in exchange for a reward.

"It's strange to say, now that the south is full of bandits because of the drought, the people are struggling to make a living, and the local feudal town army and the feudal king army have been sent to the imperial capital to defend a large part of the army, if these grassland barbarians are allowed to go south to plunder, won't the south be completely chaotic?" This is the question that Qiao Fuguang has been thinking about all the way back from the palace.

He couldn't understand why Emperor Shengheng did this, in his opinion, the situation in the south had already been eroded to such an extent, if the grassland tribe was allowed to go south to plunder again, the grass army in the south would probably become bigger.

At that time, if the imperial court wants to exterminate these grass armies again, I am afraid that it will pay a great price, and a bad one is likely to cause the situation to be overturned.

"I'm afraid Si Zheng is far from being as simple as we thought at this time." At this time, Gonggong You couldn't help frowning, his face was serious.

"Oh? Fuming, what is your opinion? "For Father-in-law You, Qiao Fuguang, I attach great importance to his opinion.

"Si Zheng, in my opinion, if Your Majesty wants to use the grassland tribe to weaken the strength of the southern feudal towns and feudal states, it is a bit of a feeling of killing chickens and using a knife." Gonggong You organized the language and said.

Hearing Gonggong You's words, Qiao Fuguang didn't frown.

"Si Zheng, you think, now the grass army in the south has formed a prairie fire in the south like that wildfire, and most of the southern region is the sphere of influence of various feudal towns and feudal states, and Your Majesty's attitude towards these grass armies has always been ambiguous, which shows that Your Majesty wants to use the grass army to consume the strength of the feudal country and the feudal town." Qiao Fuguang nodded in agreement, after all, from the beginning of the appearance of the grass army to the present day, Emperor Shengheng has not shown a too radical attitude.

He seemed to have deliberately let these grass armies go, so most of the discerning people in the court could see that His Majesty was planning to use the grass army to suppress the southern feudal towns and feudal states.

"Since the invasion of the northern steppe tribes, Your Majesty has ordered the southern feudal towns and vassal states to provide reinforcements to the northern garrison, and we also understood at that time that Your Majesty's move was also one of the means to suppress the southern feudal towns and feudal states."

"That's right, His Majesty has always been more afraid of the feudal towns and vassal states in the south." Qiao Fuguang, as Emperor Shengheng's confidant eunuch, was very aware of Emperor Shengheng's jealousy of the southern feudal towns and feudal states.

"Logically speaking, these two measures are enough to make the southern feudal towns and feudal states breathe, as long as they continue to be consumed like this, those feudal states and feudal towns will definitely break their muscles and bones, and the strength they have secretly accumulated will also be slowly exposed, and eventually consumed." Gonggong You continued to analyze Qiao Fuguang.

"That's right, I also think that it is in the best interest of His Majesty to continue this situation, but now that he has allowed the grassland tribe to go south, won't this situation be completely ruined?"

"Si Zheng is indeed as you said, Your Majesty's best way to deal with the southern feudal towns and feudal kingdoms is to slow the knife to cut the flesh and consume their strength little by little, and the grassland tribe is likely to completely kill the southern feudal towns and feudal kings at once when they go south, but what if Your Majesty lets the grassland tribe go south to deal with the target is not the feudal town and the feudal king?" As soon as he said this, Qiao Fuguang couldn't help but look at him.

"Fuming, do you mean that His Majesty is going to deal with the various feudal towns and feudal states in the south?" Suddenly, Qiao Fuguang felt as if his head had been hit hard by a hammer and buzzed.

His heart thumped as well, and a terrible thought crossed his mind.

"Fuming, are you talking about ······?" Qiao Fuguang quietly grabbed Gonggong You's hand and tried to restrain his trembling.

"Si Zheng, in my opinion, Your Majesty's move is most likely to deal with Zongzheng Temple." Zongzheng Temple is basically equivalent to the existence of the emperor in the Dayu Dynasty, although Zongzheng Temple has never interfered in the government of the Dayu Dynasty, but they have absolute rights in the design of the royal family surnamed Mu.

Even if the emperor's decree does not conform to Zongzheng Temple's idea, it will eventually be directly dismissed, and the emperor cannot refute it yet, because for the Dayu Dynasty, the emperor is the supreme being, but for Zongzheng Temple, the emperor is only a member of the Mu royal family.

"But if Your Majesty really wants to attack Zongzheng Temple, you can completely let the Guiding Grass Army do it, why should you borrow the hand of the grassland tribe?" Qiao Fuguang was a little incomprehensible for a while.

"Si Zheng, this is the wisdom of His Majesty's move, if you let the grass army do it and not say whether the grass army can succeed, it will be very difficult to block the mouths of all the royal families surnamed Mu just afterwards." Qiao Fuguang nodded in this regard, he also thought that what Gonggong You said was very right.

If Zongzheng Temple is really broken by the grass army, then all the royal families surnamed Mu in the world should rise up and question Emperor Shengheng for deliberately raising Kou.

At that time, even Emperor Shengheng, as the emperor of the Dayu Dynasty, is estimated to be unable to resist the reproach of all the royal families surnamed Mu.

"And this attack of the grassland tribe is simply a godsend for Emperor Shengheng, as long as it is operated properly, Zongzheng Temple can be completely eradicated from the Dayu Dynasty." Gonggong You's words are like the north wind of the cold winter wax moon, which makes people feel like falling into an ice cellar.

Qiao Fuguang couldn't help but start pondering the benefits of this, first of all, the grassland tribe completely eradicated Zongzheng Temple, which was definitely a great thing for Emperor Shengheng.

Secondly, the southward raiding of the grassland tribe was a sudden situation, and outsiders would definitely not think that it was deliberately permissive by His Majesty, so that the royal family surnamed Mu would not concentrate the contradictions on Emperor Shengheng himself afterwards.

Moreover, once these grassland tribes eradicate Zongzheng Temple, the royal family surnamed Mu in the world will send troops to strangle them.

In this way, the strength of some feudal kings can be consumed. Come to think of it, this move is simply killing three birds with one stone.

"Who came up with this clever plan, it's just a stroke of genius!" Thinking clearly about the benefits of this move, Qiao Fuguang couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems that the subordinates should not have come up with this move by His Majesty himself, and I am afraid that there are only a few people in the entire court who can get along with such a strategy." Although Gonggong You can also see the benefits of this move, if he comes up with such a plan, he is afraid that he will not have the ability.