What Lao Jianhua asked Wei Zixuan to do, it is not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say that it is simple.

After Bao Yuchun's collusion, the pirates hiding in the Broad Sea Islands have agreed to the plan to attack Shengtang.

According to preliminary estimates, 30,000 or 40,000 rogue thieves will land in the northern coastal state capital in the next month to cause large-scale damage.

Lao Jianhua instructed Wei Zixuan to try to stabilize Li Bing as much as possible, and not to let the main force of the imperial court intervene too early in the early stage, so that the thieves could smoothly occupy some important cities and form a certain scale climate.

This point is very crucial, if the thieves cannot stand firmly, and they will be driven into the sea by the imperial army in three or two clicks, then the so-called rear containment will be impossible to talk about.

In this regard, Wei Zixuan had a headache.

He could foresee that once those savage and cruel ronins came ashore, they would definitely be more beasts than beasts, and if they were allowed to run rampant at will, burning, killing, plundering, raping, adultering, and women to their heart's content, it would be strange that the local state capitals would not blow up the pot.

At that time, countless requests for help will fly to the imperial capital like snowflakes, so how should Wei Zixuan drag it?

However, Lao Jianhua's instructions cannot be ignored. Not only must it be done, but it must also be done well, because the last time Li Jiangyao came to the imperial capital to play a strategy to lure the enemy into depth, Wei Zixuan failed to detect it in time, causing Bao Yuchun to lose a general in vain, plus 60,000 soldiers and horses, Lao Jianhua was furious about this and kept threatening to dispose of him.

Wei Zixuan thought about it for a while, and finally figured out a way that was not a solution.

Some time ago, Dong Tianxing, the squire of the military department, once went to the emperor, hoping to recruit another batch of new soldiers in preparation for the next counterinsurgency war. Because of the position, this suggestion was directly rejected by Wei Zixuan.

For this reason, Lao Dong also came to reason with him, hoping that he, the left servant of Shangshu, would not get in the way.

Now that it involves the issue of delaying the imperial army to resist the invasion of the Japanese thieves, Wei Zixuan thought about it again, and his eyes rolled: Simply, let's push the boat down the river!

Pretended to agree to the request of the Ministry of War, and then under the pretext of paying taxes on food and agriculture, the task of recruiting new soldiers was put on the eastern coastal state capitals. In this way, if the thieves invaded, it would be proposed to the emperor that the eastern state capital already had a large number of troops, and there was no need to mobilize the main army to conquer.

In this way, by the time those useless recruits are completely defeated by the ronin, it will definitely be a long time that will pass, and the thieves should gradually gain a foothold.

After figuring out this bad trick, Wei Zixuan immediately found a pen and paper, and drafted the corresponding opinions according to the recruitment of the military department. The next morning, Wei Zixuan reported his proposal to the emperor in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

After listening to his opinion, Li Bing felt very reasonable.

First, in order to resist the Turkic invasion, the soldiers in the Central Plains, Hebei and other places were very expensive, and it is true that new soldiers should not be recruited from these places, so as not to affect the local agricultural harvest; Second, the eastern local state capital has the convenience of water conservancy, and most of the people are familiar with water, and most of the rebels in the future will be able to use it.

Therefore, Li Bing immediately made a decision, led by the military department, with the cooperation of the household department, to recruit new government soldiers in the Jiaodong and Lianghuai areas, and intensify training, so as to wait for the needs of the main army to replenish in the future.

Wei Zixuan couldn't help but be secretly happy when he saw that his plan had succeeded. As soon as he entered the court, he immediately urged the officials of his various ministries to send the orders of the imperial court to the eastern state capitals and immediately recruit troops.

Just when Wei Zixuan was in full swing to implement his strategy, a pair of sharp eyes were staring at him behind him, and the owner of that gaze was Li Xi, the princess of Fenyang who was in the Horse Mansion.

"Princess, people are still under our control," Shi Fengyu reported: "Although the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division took the lead in raiding the Red Sleeve Zhai and disrupted our surveillance, Wei Peng did lead a fresh face and returned from Anle Fang to the Zuo Servant Shooting Mansion. We secretly checked the details of that person, he was from Jiangnan, and his public identity was a silk merchant named Wang Liang, but after entering the Wei Mansion, he turned into Wei Peng's deputy. ”

Li Xi said happily: "Jiangnan? That's great, it's an important takeaway. Can Wang Liang be arrested secretly? ”

Shi Feng shook his head: "Wei Peng watched very closely, he took him with him wherever he went, and there were guards by his side." As long as they don't leave the Left Servant Shooting Mansion, it will be very difficult for us to start. ”

Li Xi thought for a moment, and then asked, "What's going on over there with the Reverse Scale Division?" Why are they also eyeing the Red Sleeves, have you figured this out? ”

"I've basically figured it out." Shi Feng said apologetically: "According to the internal eyeliner report, this matter is all to blame for the negligence of the lowly duties. Zhu Junjie, the new flag leader of the Third Section of the Reverse Scale Division, had dealt with me before, so he was also secretly keeping an eye on my actions. He found out that the lowly position had been paying attention to the Red Sleeve Zhai recently, so he reported it to Tian Mu, and then he raided there by mistake. ”

Hearing this, Li Xi said in a deep voice: "The Reverse Scale Division is the emperor's private soldier, since they know your identity, then this palace may not be able to escape His Majesty's eyes." You'll have to be more careful in the future. ”

Shi Feng arched his hand and replied: "Yes, the lowly position will be more cautious. ”

"The current situation in the imperial capital is very complicated, far beyond our imagination," Li Xi continued to analyze: "If Wei Zixuan is an undercover agent of the Jiangnan rebels, then Tian Mu's position will become confusing. If he also falls to Wei Zixuan, we will be in an extremely disadvantageous position. ”

Shi Feng said: "I think that the situation may not be so serious. If Tian Mu was also Wei Zixuan's person, there should be no accident with red sleeves. ”

"Well, your speculation makes sense." Li Xi bowed slightly: "We might as well make a bold assumption about this, Wei Zixuan is Wei Zixuan, Tian Mu is Tian Mu, they are their own masters, but they are all hostile to us." And what about the others? For example, Yin Chengyi and Gong Chengze? ”

Shi Feng thought for a moment and said, "Yin Chengyi may be Wei Zixuan's accomplice, but Gong Chengze is obviously closer to Tian Mu. Both of them are the kind of people who are greedy for power and power, and they are just greedy for profit. ”

"In other words, Tian Mu and Gong Chengze were just used by Wei Zixuan, or were they tied to Wei Zixuan for their own selfish interests?" Li Xi said while thinking.

Shi Feng nodded: "Probably that's it." Although they are full of hostility towards Dadu Hu, General Murong and the Zhenjiang Army, our real enemy at present should be Wei Zixuan first. ”

Li Xi looked at the desktop with his fingers and analyzed: "Wei Zixuan learned through Xiaoting that the palace was going to Xiangji Temple to worship the Buddha, and deliberately arranged for Jinghui Ni to block the way to meet, and then secretly sent someone to send the evidence that framed Shen Changshi to my mansion. When the palace went to the emperor to report Shen Lie in order to rescue his brother, he instigated Tian Mu to poison Shen Changshi. ”

Later, the wedding was attacked by poisonous assassins, and Wei Zixuan took this opportunity to frame the Zhenjiang army and suggested that the emperor send troops to suppress it, while the concubine and General Xu were placed under house arrest in the Yeting Palace because of their opposition. Fortunately, Dadu Hu returned to the imperial capital in time to resolve this series of conspiracy. ”

Afterwards, Wei Zixuan realized that Xiaoting might be a flaw, so he asked the housekeeper Wei Peng to find Wen Zan, implement coercion and temptation, and ordered him to secretly get rid of Xiaoting, which was a hundred good. And even if Wen Zan is arrested, Wei Peng can flatly deny it and push the matter away. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xi looked up at Shi Feng and said with emotion: "It's so dangerous, I almost let Wei Zixuan succeed several times." In that case, not only would Shen Lie die unjustly, but the imperial court and the Zhenjiang army would also fall into a scuffle, and even the main palace would most likely not escape the doom of being assassinated by Xiaoting. ”

Shi Feng bowed slightly: "That's right." Fortunately, most of them turned the tide, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable. ”

Li Xi fully agreed with this: "Brother Jiang Yao is a gift from God to Shengtang, and he is the mainstay of the imperial dynasty, whether it is the Li royal family or the soldiers and the people, they should be grateful." ”

She paused slightly, then sighed, "However, the current situation still cannot relax in the slightest. Wei Zixuan's official worship Shangshu's left servant shot was deeply favored by the emperor, and Shang Shuling's monk Shangshu's right servant shot unfortunately died tragically at the hands of the assassins. If we don't have solid evidence in our hands, let alone defeat him, even his henchmen, I'm afraid we are not opponents. ”

"That's why the Dadu Protector let General Murong leave the imperial capital temporarily." Shi Feng said: "Only by staying away from the court and being in the army can you avoid the open guns and hidden arrows here and wait for the opportunity to counterattack." And we have been ordered by our superiors to sacrifice our lives to protect your safety. ”

Li Xi smiled: "This palace is not afraid of them!" Playing with the eyes of the heart and playing tricks, women are not necessarily worse than men. As long as Wei Zixuan and his ilk don't send a large army over to use swords and guns, this palace has the confidence to fight them to the end! ”

For Princess Fenyang's strong and resolute determination, Shi Feng had a deep understanding of this time, and at the same time admired it very much, he arched his hand and said aloud: "What plan does the princess have next, please do not hesitate to command." ”

Li Xi thought for a moment and said, "The first step, you first stay invisible for a period of time, only help me in secret, and get out of the sight of the Reverse Scale Division to the greatest extent, so as not to cause branches from you." ”

Shi Feng responded: "The lord of the Imperial Capital Branch also means this, let the lowly position try to turn into acting in the dark. ”

Li Xi nodded, and continued: "From now on, your intelligence department should do its best to keep an eye on Wei Zixuan, including all the subordinates in his family, no matter how big or small, no one can be missed, even if it is a female dog born in the left servant mansion, you must know it clearly as soon as possible." ”

Shi Feng smiled dumbly: "Okay, let's go all out!" ”

"The third point is that all of Wei Zixuan's proposals must be carefully analyzed, the reasons behind them and the real purpose must be explored, and Dadu Hu should be notified in a timely manner, so that he can take precautions."

"I understand that I must let the eyeliner in the imperial city pay more attention."

"Finally, give the palace a thorough understanding of the situation of Wei Zixuan's family, and from today onwards, I want to have a good relationship with him in the Wei Mansion!"