Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, no matter whether the analysis of these two people is true or false, at least the Wu family's father and son have recognized Koubian, the main force of the Eastern Prisoners, then everything is on the right path.

"Since he knew that Li Chuang's main force had retreated, Sangui has been urging the old man to move south, Zhaoji, the old man means to wait, wait until Tartar and Li Chuang are on fire in Jingbei, and then talk about anything else, what do you think?" Wu Xiang said.

Li Zhaoji hurriedly said yes, Wu Sangui did too much work, on the contrary, Wu Xiang was old-fashioned, and Li Zhaoji couldn't help but be more vigilant about this old fox.

Li Zhaoji said: "What Master Wu said is very right, it should be like this, but now it's not like doing nothing, you can go and find Shen Youlong." ”

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui looked at each other and said, "You want him to join the gang too?" ”

"That's not it, I mean, now Shen Youlong, the governor of the king, theoretically all the towns in Jiangbei are his subordinates, and he has a great ....... for Zheng Zhilong in Fujian." Li Zhaoji nodded, and Wu Xiang and the others immediately understood, and nodded immediately.

Juehua Island, Great Compassion Pavilion.

Shen Youlong sat in front of the bookcase, and there were at least a hundred letters in front of him, but he divided them into two parts, one on the left hand side and one on the right hand side.

The owners of these letters were all counted in the Ming Dynasty, such as Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Ma Shiying, the governor of Lufeng, Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, Liu Kongzhao of the commander Caojiang, Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the supervising army, and the generals of a cadre town in Jiangbei, each of whom either held heavy troops, or had real power, or had extraordinary influence.

And these people wrote letters, and the content was almost the same.

On March 19 of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in the coal mountain, and three days later, his body was found by the Shun army. And by March 29, Huaiyang Governor Lu Zhenfei had already received the news of the loss of the capital, but because the news was not confirmed, he temporarily chose to keep it secret, until the eighth day of the first month of April, the secret of the loss of the capital could no longer be kept, so it was announced, and everyone in Jiangnan knew about it.

Beginning at the end of March, letters continued to come from the south of the Yangtze River, first asking about the situation in the capital, and after confirming the situation in the capital, the letters asked about the situation of the Son of Heaven and his sons.

At that time, Shen Youlong did not choose to reply, because he did not know the situation of Chongzhen and Zhuzi, and hoped that after the arrival of the Yue army and the vassal army, he could control Liaozhen and then march to discuss, and even put forward an idea in his letter to Nanjing, that is, could he unite with the Eastern Prisoners and suppress the Liukou?

It's just that Shen Youlong's enthusiasm was lowered by the southern gentry, and the entire southern officialdom, and the group of scholars and doctors, no longer care about how to exterminate the rogue, all their enthusiasm is put on supporting the new monarch, and the situation of Chongzhen and the princes is what they want to know the most.

By the middle of April, the Jiangnan gentry also got the latest news from various sources, and they determined that the capital was lost, the Son of Heaven died, and Chongzhen's three sons all surrendered to Li Chuang.

Led by Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude, they advocated supporting King Fu as the emperor, and Qian Qianyi as the leader, advocating supporting King Lu to ascend the throne.

And today, as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Shi Kefa, was persuaded by Qian Qianyi, from the beginning to support the establishment of King Fu, to support the King of Lu, in his latest letter, and Qian Qianyi in unison mentioned King Fu's 'seven can not stand', and strongly praised King Lu's virtuous ability.

But a more acute problem is in front of us, that is, King Fu and King Lu all disappeared in Huai'an City, and it is rumored that the bandits of the Yangzhou Cao Gang want to kidnap Du Guangshao, and accidentally kidnap King Fu, King Lu and King Chong as Du Guangshao's friends.

However, the latest news is that this kidnapping is likely to be the cause of a powerful figure, and Ma Shiying, Lu Jiude, Lu Zhenfei and even Shi Kefa himself have been attacked as the mastermind behind the scenes.

Shen Youlong sat in front of the table and read the letters from beginning to end, but he couldn't see any clues, he knew that all the information was summarized here, and the Fuwang faction and the Luwang faction in Jiangnan were all pulling themselves over, if there was anyone who could break through the inside story, it should be himself.

The problem was that he didn't find the slightest clue in these letters.

Shen Youlong would never have thought that all this was manipulated by Li Zhaoji.

On the day Chongzhen hanged himself, Tang Mu kidnapped two vassal kings who were qualified to compete for the throne. After that, Li Zhaoji continued to use various channels to spread all kinds of rumors and information to Jiangnan, so that all the officials and gentry in Jiangnan were drowned in junk news and rumors.

At first, Li Zhaoji spread a rumor that Chongzhen was not dead, and then said that Chongzhen was dead, but the crown prince Zhu Youlang escaped and was on his way south. He also said that the second king of Yong was not dead, and he had already arrived under the command of Shen Youlong.

These are all to delay time, and after the Jiangnan gentry found out that King Fu and King Lu had been kidnapped, Li Zhaoji began to spread rumors and create chaos, defining several powerful figures as the masterminds behind the scenes, with only one purpose, to make the contradiction between the two kings of Fu and Lu public.

"Dong Weng ........" Zhao Wenji's voice sounded from outside, he knocked on the door, walked in, and said in a low voice: "Wu Xiang, the father of Wu Sangui, came secretly, and the students settled people in the wing room first. ”

Shen Youlong was startled at first, and then asked with a smile, "What secret does he have?" It's a joke, it's on his turf right now. ”

Zhao Wenji said: "Dong Weng, Wu Xiang said that there is something important to discuss with you, and it is related to supporting the new monarch. ”

At this point, Shen Youlong was not surprised, since those officials and gentry in Jiangnan could send the letter to themselves, it was logical to send it to Wu Sangui. Shen Youlong thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhao, you let him in." ”

Shen Youlong put away all the letters and put them in the box, these letters, only he read them, even the key in the box, he carried it with him, his servant Songbao couldn't touch it, Zhao Wenji knew about these letters, but he was not allowed to read them.

"Okay, then the student will order some supper for the two of you." Zhao Wenji said.

Shen Youlong said: "Mr. calls one more, Wu Xiang is here for the matter of contention, Mr. stays, and serves as a staff officer or two for the old man." ”

Zhao Wenji nodded slightly, then found Wu Xiang and sent away the soldiers and servants outside the door.

"Lord Wu, please take a seat, please take a seat, you escaped from the thief, and before the official sent someone to congratulate you, you came in person." Shen Youlong invited Wu Xiang to sit down.

Wu Xiang sat down calmly, but said the same implicit words: "Lord Shen still blames my son for contacting Li Chuang privately to rescue him from the thief's nest."

It doesn't matter, blame my father and son, and I should do it. Now that the Son of Heaven has died, the new monarch has not been established, everything is very chaotic, and in the future, Lord Shen can take this matter to the front of the emperor to participate, my father and son, let the new monarch dispose of it.

But there are some things that I still have to explain clearly, everything my father and son are doing now is for the Ming Dynasty and to avenge the Son of Heaven! ”

Shen Youlong smiled faintly and said, "Lord Wu, you open your mouth and close your mouth to the new monarch, I don't know, I still think that the new monarch has ascended the throne." ”

Wu Xiang smiled and said, "As far as I can see, the time is almost up. ”

Shen Youlong said: "I think you and Ping Xibo should have received a lot of letters from the south these days, some people asked you to support King Fu, and some people asked you to support King Lu, right?" ”

Wu Xiang said: "Lord Shen has thought things simple, some people still want me to go south in Liaozhen, and some people even suggest that my father and son send troops to arrest you, Lord Shen." ”

Outside the door, the wind continued, the iron horse under the eaves of the blowing sounded, Wu Xiang's words made the study silent, Zhao Wenji couldn't help but look out the window, it seemed that the armor soldiers of Liaozhen had arrived, his face was a little nervous, but Shen Youlong was calm, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, Shen Youlong got up like a spring, and casually touched a flintlock pistol from under the table, Wu Xiang sat calmly on the chair and said, "Lord Shen, what are you excited about?" ”

Obviously, Shen Youlong's composure was faked, and he was also very nervous.

"Master, the supper you asked for is here." Songbao's voice rang out outside.

When Shen Youlong heard that it was his servant, he immediately relieved himself and said angrily: "Get out, get away, don't let anyone approach." ”

Songbao outside was so frightened that he almost didn't hold the tray and retreated silently.

The atmosphere in the study was a little awkward for a while, Zhao Wenji poured a glass of water for Wu Xiang, and said with a smile: "Lord Wu, these days, my family Dongweng has been sleeping all night for the affairs of the imperial court, and he hasn't slept for seven or eight days, and his temper is a little irritable, don't blame him." ”

Wu Xiang laughed and said, "The same, the same." These days, Jiangnan has sent a lot of letters, this one makes me support the king of Fu in Liaozhen, and that one makes me support the king of Lu in Liaozhen. Everyone said that they had received the support of whom, and the names of several general soldiers and several governors were frequently mentioned, so that my father and son were two big heads, and their heads were about to crack. ”

Shen Youlong has been the same for the past few days, the Fuwang faction and the Luwang faction are all the way, each saying that he has the support of most of the people, and each accuses the other party of capturing the Fuwang and Luwang.

"Master Wu, then you came to the door, did you mean that Liaozhen's attitude was confirmed?" Shen Youlong asked.

Wu Xiang nodded: "That's natural, our Ming Dynasty has an ancestral system, there are grandchildren, there are no grandchildren, and when it comes to long, we should support His Royal Highness King Fu." Although King Lu is virtuous, but it is not in line with the ancestral system, if the king of Lu is supported, the rest of the provinces are afraid that there will be dissatisfaction.

If a trouble is not good, it will not be a dispute, but a civil war. ”

Shen Youlong saw that Wu Xiang was so sure, and said, "Since this is the case, then Liaozhen also knows where King Fu and King Lu are?" ”

Wu Xiang also nodded, and Shen Youlong said: "Where is it, who did the kidnapping in Huai'an?" ”

Wu Xiang said: "The new monarch has not ascended the throne, so it is naturally difficult to say this matter publicly, but when the new monarch ascends the throne, there is no need to talk about this matter." ”

When Shen Youlong heard this, he nodded slightly, understood this truth, and now said it publicly, it will put this person in a dangerous place, and it will also put King Fu and King Lu in a dangerous place, but when the new monarch ascends the throne, the matter of Huai'an cannot be regarded as a kidnapping, but a necessary measure for people to support the new monarch, the emperor's benefactor, what else is wrong with it?

kidnapping you to become the emperor, will the emperor still have to counterattack when he ascends the throne in the future?

"Lord Wu, what you said makes sense, but there is one thing, the one who cooperates with you may not be telling the truth. If I lie to you, what can I do? Zhao Wenji reminded.

Wu Xiang took out a yellow silk wrapped thing from his arms, put it on the table, and opened it gently, it turned out to be a jade belt, looking at the shape, it was used by the royal family, Wu Xiang said: "This is after King Fu fled, the first emperor sent an internal official, to him."

It is a token given to me by King Fu, and of course, I have already sent my henchmen to meet him, and it is conclusive. ”

Shen Youlong carefully observed the jade belt and found no flaws, while Wu Xiang carefully put it away again. Wu Xiang said: "Lord Shen, that colleague sent you a letter, but you didn't give a definite answer, so I came to persuade you.

He and His Royal Highness King Fu asked me to tell you that after the matter is completed, the new first assistant of the Ming Dynasty will be you, Shen Youlong Shen. ”

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