Of course, Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua saw the eyes of the third prince Zhu asking for help.

And although there is no joy or anger on their faces, they still have something to say!

Now that Huaibei has won a victory, there are still such big cakes in Jiangnan and Jiangbei waiting for the big guys to share, how can they not say anything?

"Your Royal Highness, now that Huaibei has won a victory, Jinling's side is also expected to win, and the situation is not bad. However, the country was created, there was no savings in the treasury, and the rich territory controlled by the imperial court was only Nanjing. Now that the troops are being used again and again, the cost is huge, and the treasury of Yingtianfu is empty, and the funds of the Jiangbei army are still unknown? The king of the east wants to supervise Jiang Nanchen again, and he really doesn't know how to raise military salaries. ”

After listening to Lu Sanhao's words, the third prince of Zhu also nodded again and again, and then looked at Chen Yonghua again, hoping that he could sing and harmonize with Lu Sanhao, and use the military expense card to card Geng Jingzhong's neck.

"His Royal Highness, the minister is willing to share the worries of the country, go to Yangzhou and Huai'an in the north of the Yangtze River to issue official debts to the salt merchants there, and sell their fame to raise military salaries."

Chen Yonghua's words made the third prince Zhu a little suspicious that Geng Jingzhong, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua were secretly colluding.

Geng Jingzhong wanted to supervise Jiangnan, Lu Sanhao said that the treasury had no money, and Chen Yonghua immediately said that he would go to Jiangbei to find salt merchants to issue official debts and sell fame, they must have said yes, right? Is this to divide the land of Jiangbei and Huainan in Jiangsu to Chen and Lu?

"King Dong, you see Chen Shangshu going to Yangzhou and Huai'an"

"Supervising the country, the minister thinks that Chen Zhongtang will definitely be able to recover the Yang, Huai, and Tong two prefectures and one state for the imperial court." Geng Jingzhong immediately agreed, "As long as Yang, Huai, and Tong are recovered, Yue Le's escape to the north will be completely cut off, and he will become a turtle in the urn of the imperial court!" ”

"But Yang, Huai, and Tong are north of the Yangtze River, and they should be under the control of the Jiangbei Governor!"

Geng Jingzhong said: "You can let the Jiangbei Governor supervise the military affairs of Jiangxi in exchange for his right to expropriate the land of Huaiyang." ”

Jiangxi is south of the Yangtze River and should be under the control of the Jiangnan Governor, but Geng Jingzhong is willing to exchange the interests of Jiangxi for the interests of Huaiyang, and then give Huaiyang to Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao In addition, Liu Jinzhong was also assigned to Xuzhou and Haizhou and had the power to conquer Henan and Shandong.

Everyone has a share in this two kings and three middle halls, have they already said it in private?

The third prince of Zhu is a little more relieved now, as long as the two kings and three middle halls can maintain balance, then his Emperor Mingxian will be stable. As long as Emperor Xian can be stable, he will rest assured that he will lie flat.

"Okay, as long as you can talk to Li Zhongshan, then Gu will rest assured. By the way, Chen Yonghua, if you go to Yangzhou to raise more money this time, can you give a little bit to Lonely? Lone doesn't want to spend money indiscriminately, Lone just wants to rebuild this Dingwang Mansion. When the restoration conference is completed, the Dingwang Mansion will be changed into a palace, saving a huge amount of money to repair the imperial city. ”

This imperial city dedicated to the emperor is not wanted, and it is really enough to "dedicate".

Chen Yonghua said with a smile: "Don't worry, the minister will definitely be able to raise a large amount of silver for the king to repair the palace." ”

"Okay, good," Third Prince Zhu said three times in a row, looking very satisfied, and then muttered for a while, and then said, "How is the Restoration Conference?" Now that the siege of Nanjing is about to be lifted, and the recovery of the southeast is just around the corner, is it possible to officially restore the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Back to the prison country, the restoration of the Ming Dynasty is already all ready, only the east wind is owed!" Hearing this, Huang Zongxi, a thin old man and the leader of the formal Confucian Restoration, is now a bachelor of political affairs, which is an official position invented by Li Yat-sen that is very in line with the spirit of "original monarch" and "former minister". The specific task is to preside over a political meeting such as the Restoration of Sight Conference!

At the same time as the defense of Nanjing was going on, the conference presided over by Huang Zongxi for the restoration of vision was also in operation.

Don't think that this meeting was still in place when the war was raging outside Nanjing, but in fact, on the contrary, this meeting played a very big role in mobilizing the people of Nanjing to participate in the war. Because this conference is actually a "national people's political discussion" conference!

Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua will raise money again, and it is impossible to raise silver that can pay more than 100,000 "national militiamen" in the dangerous city of Nanjing, so if they want to defend the Ming Dynasty, they must surrender the corresponding rights. This means that obligations and rights must be reciprocal!

And this corresponding right is the people of the country to discuss politics, and according to the Zhou system, the rights of the people to discuss politics include "consulting the country to move", "consulting the country in danger", "consulting the monarch" and so on.

In the previous situation in Nanjing, there was no place to move to "relocate", and the national crisis was already very great, and the danger was imminent! So you have to discuss it and see what to do? And then it's time for Lijun! This is the place that can best reflect the rights of the Chinese people, and the rights of the Chinese people are reflected, and they will have a strong sense of identity with the new Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, as long as the Battle of Nanjing, or even the Battle of the Southeast, does not end, it is better not to end the Restoration Conference. As long as the Restoration of Sight Conference does not end, then the people of all over the country will have an extreme sense of identity with the new Ming Dynasty through "inquiring about the relocation of the country", "inquiring about the danger of the country", and "inquiring about the monarch". Their enthusiasm to defend the Ming Dynasty is even higher!

Of course, this countryman is not something that can be done by himself, he must have a reputation (most of them are bought with money) or have fought for the country, then he is a countryman.

However, for such a big matter as the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough for the people of Nanjing to discuss, at least the people of several southeastern provinces must discuss together, and it is best to bring in the people of Liangguang, Huguang, Yunnan, Guichuan and Shaanxi.

If the representatives of the Chinese people from Liangguang, Huguang, Yunnan, Guichuan, and Shaanxi were invited to Nanjing for a meeting, then the defense of Nanjing would have to be won, and it would be better if the Nanjing court could sweep the southeast.

The third prince nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, Dongwang, Chen Zhongtang, when the widow's east wind can blow, it depends on you!" ”

Nanjing, Longjiangguan Port.

Before the third prince of Zhu officially appointed Chen Yonghua as the governor of Huaiyang, the soldiers of the northern expedition to Huaiyang had already lined up to board the ship at the port of Longjiangguan. This Huaiyang expedition was a joint venture between Chen Yonghua and Lu Sanhao, so the land divisions dispatched from Nanjing were all trained by Lu Sanhao's Yingtian regiment. In the vicinity of the Longjiangkou wharf, there were crowded with a large number of family members who came to see off the training army of the Ying Tian Regiment, and when they parted with life and death, they were inevitably a little excited, and let out bursts of hoarse shouts.

In a long pavilion on the edge of the dock, two courtiers in black gauze robes were talking in low voices. These two courtiers in black gauze python robes are, of course, Lu Sanhao and Chen Yonghua in the Nanjing Sanzhong Hall.

Looking at the scene of the army going out to fight in the port situation, neither of them brows were lifted.

"Brother Sanhao, you have a total of 16,700 regiments to train the army, is it too much for me to take away 10,000 this time? Or shall I keep 5,000 more? ”

"Why do you want to keep five thousand more?"

Geng Jingzhong made it clear that he would not take his 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city, and Shang Zhixin, his brothers and 3,000 people should not go out of the city either. That's thirteen thousand! Can your six or seven thousand men cope? Miyoshi, you didn't get any words from the king of the west, did you? ”

Lu Sanhao smiled faintly: "Now Geng Jingzhong squeezes out the loyal ministers and good generals to supervise Jiangbei, and he coerces the Son of Heaven and orders the princes in Nanjing, and the alternate Son of Heaven will send an edict to invite the princes of other towns to send troops to the side of Wang Qingjun. Fufu, it seems like when this happened! ”

"Miyoshi! Don't be kidding," Chen Yonghua frowned, "We are our own people, if the King of the West can come to Nanjing, you can't hide it from me!" ”

"He can't come!" Lu Sanhao shook his head, "Li Zicheng won't give way, and Jieshu has to stop him. Moreover, I am from Yunnan! He was not from the Guanning Iron Cavalry or the Shanshan Rebels. If I were under the command of the King of the West, I would not be in the middle hall! ”

"Good! We are indeed our own people," Chen Yonghua nodded, "Then how are you going to fight Geng Jingzhong?" ”

"Geng Jingzhong wants to be the son of heaven!" Lu San said with a smile, "I don't fight with him for this, whoever fights with him, who will find a way to deal with it!" Fufu, shouldn't your Lianzong brother Chen Hanlin go to the third prince to talk about it? ”

Chen Yonghua smiled: "I'm already talking!" ”

The Chen Hanlin that Lu Sanhao said is Chen Menglei, he is now a bachelor of Hanlin next to Prince Zhu, and he is also the only bachelor in the Daming Hanlin Academy. has to manage the draft edict and give advice to the third prince of Zhu, which is really reused to the point that no one is available.

However, it was Chen Yonghua who really gave Chen Menglei the grace of his acquaintance, and it was Chen Yonghua who recommended him to the third prince of Zhu, and made him the only bachelor position in the Hanlin Academy.

And at this time, the only scholar of the Hanlin Academy was slandering the third prince Zhu in the harem (back garden) of the Dingwang Mansion!

"Your Highness, now Li Zhongtang and Chen Zhongtang are no longer in Nanjing, and Chen Zhongtang has taken away 10,000 elite soldiers under Lu Zhongtang. As soon as the siege of Nanjing was lifted, King Gengdong would be able to transfer troops into Beijing from Taiping Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Chizhou Mansion and other places, and Nanjing would be controlled by him. This King Gengdong has always been disobedient, if he is allowed to control Nanjing and sweep the south of the Yangtze River, then His Royal Highness will be in danger, even if His Royal Highness is willing to be an emperor, he may not be willing to be Emperor Wei Wendi! There are not many things in history where the Son of Heaven can die well! ”

The third prince of Zhu who slandered him was scared again!

The third prince was originally in a pavilion, listening to his beloved Yang Meiren stroking the piano while listening to Chen Hanlin's slander, but now he has no interest in listening to the piano, and waved at the beauty and asked her to stop playing it first. Why did he ponder for a while before he said to Chen Hanlin: "Chen Hanlin, can the widow trust you?" ”

Chen Menglei hurriedly knelt down for the third prince of Zhu, "Your Highness, your highness has to know about it, and you should go to the soup and go to the fire, and your liver and brain will be smeared!" ”

The third prince Zhu said in his heart: It is Kangxi and Chen Yonghua who know you! Forget it, there's no one available!

"Now the only one you can rely on is the North King!" The third prince said lightly.

"King of the North?" Chen Menglei was taken aback, "Isn't the North King the East King's person?" ”

"He is the one who guards the battalion" The third prince of Zhu sighed, "Chen Hanlin, the lonely family will arrange an errand for you to be released, and you go to Xuzhou to convey to the king of the north the will to appoint him as the governor of Henan and Shandong." Incidentally. Bring another piece of clothing to the King of the North! ”

Clothing belts?

Cloth and belt edict?

Is Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north, really the third prince's person? Chen Menglei was secretly taken aback, this Northern King looked like Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin everywhere! If he really belongs to the third prince, then this third prince is hiding too deeply!

At the same time, in the Dongwang Mansion in the Imperial City of Nanjing, Dongwang Geng Jingzhong was discussing the matter of Pingjiangnan with his henchmen!

He can't just try to usurp the throne!

If you want to usurp the throne, you have to have that capital and prestige, but he is not as good as Li Zhongshan Li Zhongshan is now busy attacking Lujiang and Anqing, digesting the territory of Huainan and Huaibei, and he has no time to manage Nanjing, and when he is done, it is time to compete with Geng Jingzhong for the third prince of Zhu.

Therefore, Geng Jingzhong must pacify Jiangnan as soon as possible before Li Zhongshan comes to Qingjun's side, and he must also preserve his strength as much as possible.

However, he is not helpless at all, although he may not be able to beat Yue Le, but he and Yue Le are actually relatives, and the relationship is quite close.

Geng Jingzhong's brother Geng Juzhong is Yue Le's fast son-in-law, married Yue Le's daughter and Princess Shuo Roujia as his wife, and is now serving in front of Yue Le's army. When Yue Le besieged Nanjing before, he also asked Geng Juzhong to write a letter to deceive Geng Jingzhong into surrendering. However, Geng Jingzhong was not fooled and persevered until victory.

And now, Geng Jingzhong is ready to persuade Yue Le to surrender through his brother in turn!

"Persuade Yue Le? Ke Yuele is a Manchurian! ”

Hearing Geng Jingzhong's whimsy, Shang Zhixin was shocked.

Yue Le is the prince of Daqing'an, and he also served as the great Zongzheng of the Aixin Jueluo family, can he surrender as a second minister?

"What's wrong with that?" Geng Jingzhong snorted, "Can he still go back?" Even if he can go back, can Kangxi and the regent Fu Quan spare him? He sent a wave in Sichuan, and another wave in Huaibei. Taken together, the two sides were almost half of the Manchurian strong. That's it, and he still has a face that is not worthy of the second minister, no, it's the third minister! ”

"How is it the three ministers?"

Geng Jingzhong patted his chest, "Isn't this still me?" He can vote for Daming first, and then surrender to me, and then he will be a relative of the emperor's relatives and the country's father-in-law! ”

"How is he the ruler?" Shang Zhixin couldn't understand it again, "His daughter is married to your third brother!" ”

Geng Jingzhong waved his hand: "He doesn't have only one daughter. He has so many daughters, one of you and one of me, and we will all be relatives in the future! ”

Yue Le can indeed give birth!

He had twenty sons and twenty-three daughters in history! It's almost time for the monk to have a fight. However, the survival rate of his children is not high, and he has run away a lot from smallpox, while most of the children of Shang Kexi's family have been infected with pox since childhood, and the survival rate is relatively high.

However, even if the survival rate is low, Yue Le still has many daughters who can marry, and most of his daughters are quite likable, because he is an old pervert and has been a great sect, so he can't take Han women as concubines. When others do this, he is in charge, and he does it himself. Who cares?

So Yue Le's daughters are all good-looking, Geng Jingzhong has always coveted his younger brother and daughter-in-law when he was in Beijing, but he has already married the tigress of the Haoge family, and he doesn't dare to fight Yue Le's family Gege's idea anymore.

But now he is powerful, and he is the king of Ming Dong! And his original partner was left by him in Beijing!

"I answer the father," Geng Jingzhong said again, "You and Yue Le are quite familiar, you help me go to Qixia Mountain, persuade him, let him not die. He can't beat Wu Sangui, and he can't beat Wang Datou, the Qing Dynasty is over! ”

Shang Zhixin is Shunzhi's good buddy, Yue Le is Shunzhi's good cousin, when Shunzhi was there, they all played with Shunzhi. I really think about the past, my classmates and teenagers!

I didn't expect it to be like this now!

Shang Zhixin couldn't bear to see his good brother and prospective father-in-law turn around and be beaten to death by Li Zhongshan, so he took Geng Jingzhong's handwritten letter and took a few members of the Shang family to the Qixia Mountain camp as envoys.

When he arrived at Qixia Zen Temple, Yue Le was directing his men to pack up their things and prepare to retreat! The Zen temple was full of panicked Qing officers and soldiers.

Yue Le sat in his study with his sleeves caged and his eyes glazed, wanting to cry without tears.

He lost this battle inexplicably. As long as that Geste is a little more serious, when Mu Zhan's infantry arrives, it will be no problem, even if he is defeated, he can still retreat to Xuzhou.

But this one just ventured in. This is actually empiricism harmful, this old man hasn't fought for many years, and he thought that he met the Ming army of Chongzhen Nian or Nanming, who would have thought that he would meet the Ming army of Huaixi Red Turban!

Just when he didn't know what to do, one of his staff members walked in and whispered in his ear: "Lord, there is a man named I Dagong, who claims to be the messenger of Geng Jingzhong, the king of the East, and has arrived at the mountain gate of Qixia Temple. ”

Yue Le was taken aback: "What? I answer the father? Shang Zhixin? What is he here for? ”

(End of chapter)