Jeju Island.

The window of the VIP cabin was gently opened a gap, and Shen Youlong quietly looked in and saw that the two people inside were playing against each other.

The two of them know Shen Youlong, one is Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, and the other is Chen Shangchuan, a person from Guangdong.

King Fu was holding the white child at this time, frowning and thinking, his eyes staring at the chessboard, and he couldn't make up his mind. When Shen Youlong saw this face, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, confirming that this was King Fu.

Because King Fu is very different from the past, he is wearing a well-fitting robe, which does not show obesity at all, but makes his body look a lot burly, and his skin is much darker than before, but at first glance it is a very healthy complexion, King Fu has lost weight twice, but he is much stronger than before.

Of course, this is because Li Zhaoji arranged for people to exercise him for a long time, and King Fu's temperament is very different from the past, although he is still so lustful, but his lazy habits have changed most of them. Fu Wang, who has successfully lost weight, has once again entered the cramming education, and has to study the Four Books and Five Classics every day, Chen Shangchuan came this time, not to be his teacher, but to be his companion.

"How is it, King Fu's spirit looks much better than before." Shen Youlong closed the window, and Li Zhaoji joked with a smile.

"Although Your Highness complained a lot in your letter, you don't look like you're abusing him." Shen Youlong said lightly, Li Zhaoji smiled, and said: "At this point, you can ask your family Songbao, although I am stricter in controlling him, it is all for his good."

Lord Shen, we are just such a blessed king, he doesn't even have a son, you can also see, he used to be as fat as a pig, if he accidentally burped ......... ”

Li Zhaoji's casual words made Shen Youlong's face more and more ugly, after all, this is the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, the future emperor, Li Zhaoji said this about him, but he attracted Shen Youlong's jealousy.

"Forget it, let's go talk to me about some business." Li Zhaoji decisively changed the topic and took the initiative to say.

The two of them walked down the corridor of the stern and made their way into the command room, which had plenty of space to accommodate the entire command structure of Li Zhaoji while arranging a VIP room for King Fu, and of course, Li Zhaoji's living conditions were terrible because of King Fu's presence on the ship, and his bed was a hammock between two twenty-four-pounder guns on the gun deck.

The command room also served as an officer's canteen and a chart room, and Balai had already ordered someone to put out a map, in which the location of the fleet was marked on the nautical map.

It was a large fleet of twenty-four warships that departed from Arthur, including one heavy cruiser, six large and small Ahat merchant ships, two schooners, and the rest were large-tonnage sand ships, and in addition to the sailors and marines originally attached to the fleet, the ships also carried 6,000 soldiers.

Among the 6,000 soldiers, the four most elite infantry battalions and two artillery companies of the Dongfang Brigade were there, and the rest were members of Shen Youlong's newly organized army.

Li Zhaoji pointed to the chart and said: "We have passed the Jiaodong Peninsula, and the area of Jiaozhou is within our field of vision. The north wind has been steady these days, and although there is snow, there is no storm, so we will arrive without a hitch, but there is one thing, you should now determine your destination, whether it is Lianyun Island or your hometown Songjiang Province. ”

These two locations represent two completely different plans, although the purpose is to support the blessed king and set things right, but with the help of completely different forces.

If you land on Lianyun Island, then the nobles of the Five Towns will inevitably become Shen Youlong's cooperation object, and if it is Songjiang Mansion, then Shen Youlong can only rely on the strength of the Guangdong Army and the Eastern Brigade.

The two armies combined were more than 20,000, and the Wu family father and son only had more than 7,000 soldiers stationed in Nanjing, even if they counted the soldiers and horses of Shi Kefa, who had already fought against him, they were not opponents. But the problem is that due to limited capacity, the Guangdong Army and the Eastern Brigade cannot project into Jiangnan together.

If it is delivered in batches, the Wu family father and son can have time to dispatch the Xia State Prime Minister from Fujian, and it is not good to say who can arrive in time.

"If there is a big chaos today, the heroes rise together, after Wu Xiang and other thieves are in turmoil, the town of the Ming Dynasty is lined up, and the generals are dominant. The father and son of the Wu family want to be Cao Mengde, and the rest of the nobles may not have this idea. Shen Youlong said lightly, his expression a little gloomy.

If you only rely on your own strength, you will have less certainty, but if you add the nobles of the five towns, you are afraid that the bullets will not be able to suppress them, resulting in a situation where the nobles control the government.

Li Zhaoji didn't want to listen to him complain, and said: "I know what you said, I just ask, Lianyun Island or Songjiang Mansion, and the United Domain Town is still doing it yourself!" ”

Shen Youlong had already discovered that Li Zhaoji didn't have much motivation in supporting King Fu, because he couldn't get much benefit from it.

The reason is very simple, Li Zhaoji is an outsider, and he doesn't even have an official body, and he is not even a person of the Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible for him to control the government and control the Ming Dynasty. And he had no choice in supporting the Fu King.

The father and son of the Wu family were cheated by him, and they must not be allowed to take charge of the Ming Dynasty anymore, in addition to them, the four towns of Jiangbei and Shen Youlong are also capable.

Li Zhaoji didn't want to choose the four towns of Jiangbei, because they were too weak, since they didn't have the strength and ability, how could they do a good job in politics with a group of worms. If the Ming Dynasty is handed over to them, it will definitely be over, and the continental balance of power strategy that Li Zhaoji has worked so hard to build may collapse because of their stupidity.

As for Shen Youlong, he is a civil official and has a lot of influence in Jiangnan. Daming handed it over to him, at least it was better than handing it over to the four towns of Jiangbei, but the relationship between Shen Youlong and Li Zhaoji was also divided and combined, sometimes good and sometimes bad, now Shen Youlong is willing to put down his body and take power in the future, and he will inevitably have to guard against the Oriental Trading Company.

Therefore, no matter who holds the authority of the Ming Dynasty, it will not be of much benefit to Li Zhaoji. Li Zhaoji can only choose a basket of rotten persimmons that are not so rotten.

Zhao Wenji smiled and began to play a round, he took the initiative to pour tea for the two, Zhao Wenji said: "Zhaoji, Dong Weng still wants to hear what you mean." ”

"If you want to do it according to mine, do it yourself." Lee Siu Kee said.

"Why, what's in it for you?" Shen Youlong asked impatiently, obviously, he hadn't made a choice yet, because he was afraid that Li Zhaoji would get benefits in it that he didn't expect. Guarding against Li Zhaoji's heart, he has never let go.

Of course, if it is only for monetary benefits, Shen Youlong can still accept it, he is worried that Li Zhaoji, an ambitious guy, will affect the survival and decline of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Li Zhaoji said: "Of course there are benefits, if you do this, I will gain hegemony in the China Sea." Of course, Lord Shen can also choose to cooperate with the feudal town, but I promise that it will only cause a civil war in the Ming Dynasty, and the hegemony of the China Sea will still be mine.

The difference is only that a few years later, of course, whether your Ming Dynasty can survive under internal and external troubles is a question. ”

Shen Youlong and Zhao Wenji were even more hesitant when they heard Li Zhaoji's confident words, and their hearts were full of worry, Shen Youlong pretended to be calm and said, "You talk about it carefully." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "I suggest that you take Songjiang Mansion directly, and my army will cooperate with you." But you need to do three things in advance, one is to send an envoy to Huai'an, contact Ma Shiying and the four towns of Jiangbei, and tell them that King Fu knows that they have supported their own affairs, and will remember their goodness, and after ascending the throne, the benefits given by King Lu will not only be recognized, but will also give other benefits.

As long as they don't get involved in the dispute between the two feuds, that's fine. ”

Shen Youlong nodded slightly, this was in his plan, and it was also within the scope of what he thought was allowed.

Li Zhaoji also said: "The second thing is Shi Kefa, he is in Yangzhou, resisting the Wu family's father and son to control the government. The troops of Jiangnan Governor and Jiangjiang now listen to him, although there are many soldiers and horses, but most of them are fish belly, and there are only a few thousand people who can fight.

But Shi Kefa represents half of the bureaucrats, you have to cooperate with him, and only limit the scope of traitors to the Wu family father and son, and the rest will not be investigated.

Then, Jiangnan will have one less force to resist you and one more friendly army. ”

Shen Youlong and Zhao Wenhe glanced at each other, both nodding, but there was a suspicious look in their eyes.

Shi Kefa They know that this person actually does not have a very firm attitude towards supporting King Lu of Lifu, and his choice to support King Fu is more of the persecution of the Wu family's father and son, he has no choice, for the sake of the overall situation, he supports it.

The same is true of him in history, and the four towns in Jiangbei support King Fu, and he echoes it.

Working with Shi Kefa, Shen Youlong felt that there was no problem. After all, during the period when Shi Kefa supported King Lu, he publicized the seven infallibility of King Fu on a large scale, and he had a seat in the Ming Dynasty in the future, but it could not affect Shen Youlong's status, after all, King Fu would definitely not like Shi Kefa.

And what really made Shen Youlong and the others jealous was that Li Zhaoji's two methods were all for their consideration, and they didn't see his ambition and selfishness. The two did not express their position, so they listened to Li Zhaoji say the third thing.

"This third thing is to divide the forces of Liaozhen.

The soldiers and horses of Liaozhen are now divided into four parts, with a few thousand soldiers on Juehua Island, more than 20,000 soldiers on Jeju Island, seven thousand soldiers in Nanjing, and eight thousand soldiers in Fujian.

Don't worry about Kyaw Island and Jeju Island, as long as our navy is there, they can't move, and it won't affect the affairs of Gangnam. The key is not to allow the Ministry of Fujian Xia to join forces with the Liao soldiers in Nanjing.

And the solution is very simple, you tell Xia Guoxiang in the name of King Fu, allow him to replace the Zheng family, Yongzhen Fujian, and give him more posts. Just let him not interfere, be a feudal town in Fujian, if you think Fujian is too big, give him several state capitals, including Zhang, Quan.

At the same time, I will also send someone, and you and I will cooperate to draw him to our side. ”

Shen Youlong's face suddenly changed greatly, he finally understood the benefits that Li Zhaoji could get in the matter of supporting King Fu, and he also knew why he was so confident to become the overlord of the China Sea.

Xia Guoxiang has soldiers, and if he is affirmed by King Fu's faction, he can naturally control Fujian. This is equivalent to handing over Zheng Zhilong's base camp to outsiders, and in order to secure his position, Xia Guoxiang will definitely purge the forces loyal to Zheng Zhilong.

Obviously, the only one in the China Sea who has the strength to compete with Li Zhaoji is Zheng Zhilong.

Even if Shen Youlong returns to the original agreement with Li Zhaoji and supports Zheng Zhilong again, if Xia Guoxiang makes such a fuss, Zheng Zhilong's strength will be weakened, and Li Zhaoji's strength will expand, and the Zheng family is not Li Zhaoji's opponent.

And if Shen Youlong chooses to cooperate with the feudal town in order to avoid Li Zhaoji's domination of the China Sea, then the result can only be even more tragic.

Li Zhaoji would directly support Xia Guoxiang, and would even send someone to inform the Wu family father and son to retreat to Fujian, while Li Zhaoji would send more than 20,000 Liao soldiers on Jeju Island to Fujian. At that time, it will be a civil war between Liaozhen and the four towns of Jiangbei and the Guangdong army, and Li Zhaoji will interfere with it, and the only one who will lose will be the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, how could the Northern Shun Army sit idly by and take advantage of the Ming civil war to go directly south, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, only in the evening.

Therefore, Li Zhaoji gave Shen Youlong two bad choices, one big bad and a small bad, no matter which one Shen Youlong chooses, it will not be able to stop Li Zhaoji's maritime interests from expanding.

"The two plans, the advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantages of each other, I have already analyzed and understood, Lord Shen, you go back and think for yourself." Li Zhaoji didn't want to talk nonsense with these two people anymore, so he sent the guests directly.

Shen Youlong was saddened, he found that no matter how cautious he was, he couldn't prevent Li Zhaoji, and he couldn't control Li Zhaoji's bigger and stronger.

"Alas, I thought that thieves were the number one threat to the country, but now it seems that it may not be the case, and Li Zhaoji will ....... Alas! Shen Youlong returned to his boat, only sighing and helpless.

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