Wu Yingqi is the son of Wu Sangui's eldest brother Wu Sanfeng, who is very brave, can rush and fight, and is a leader of the younger generation of Wu Jun.

He also attached great importance to his nephew Wu Sangui, so he asked Wu Yingzhi to command 20,000 troops to garrison Dali as Kunming Ping Domain.

After receiving an urgent report from his nephew, Wu Sangui immediately summoned the strategist Fang Guangchen and the general Hu Guozhu.

Fang Guangchen is the son of Fang Yizao, the former secretary of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, who has been in the Wu Sangui Curtain for many years, and is the first military division known to everyone in the Pingxi Domain.

In the year of Jiashen, Li Zicheng entered Beijing and sent people to surrender Wu Sangui, and it was this Fang Guangchen who conspired to Wu Sangui to invite the northern soldiers to enter the pass to annihilate Li Thief, and if the matter was successful, he would be rewarded heavily.

I never thought that after the northern soldiers entered the customs, they would never leave.

Even Wu Sangui, the lonely loyalty of the Ming Dynasty, became the king of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty.

Hu Guozhu is the son of Wu Sangui's former beloved general Hu Xinshui, after Hu Xinshui died in battle, Wu Sangui took his second daughter Xu Yu Hu Guozhu as his wife.

The eldest daughter married Xia Guoxiang, the son of Xia Longshan, another war-dead general.

In his old subordinates, Wu Sangui was really benevolent and righteous, and he loved soldiers like a son, so he was extremely supported by his subordinates.

Today, the population of soldiers under the Pingxi Domain is as high as more than 500,000, which is the largest strength of the three feudal domains.

And the Mongols of the Naheshute Department have occupied the snow area since the end of the Ming Dynasty, and have always had ambitions for Yunnan, which borders on the border, and occupy several territories in Lijiang Prefecture in northern Yunnan.

I didn't dare to despise it at all, and hurried back to the palace chamber.

After reading Wu Yingzhi's urgent report, Fang Guangchen knocked on the table with his index finger and said: "Back then, I said that the prince had three troubles when he entered Yunnan. One trouble is forever in Burma, Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others live in three propaganda and six comforts, in the name of support, leading the crowd to rage, and its trouble is at the door;

The second is that the toast is repeated, but the profit is the trend, one is instigated, and it swarms everywhere, and it suffers from elbows and armpits;

The third is to surrender to the soldiers, who have not yet changed their hearts, in case there is a police on one side, if the generation takes advantage of the gap to rise, its trouble is in the gut. ”

Therefore, when he gave advice to Wu Sangui back then, Fang Guangchen suggested that the Yongli Imperial Court, the first major disaster, must be exterminated and must not be tolerated.

However, for the second and third afflictions, they should be appeased and co-opted, and no force should be resorted to until absolutely necessary.

Today, the first problem has been solved, and the third problem has been solved through reorganization and dismantling, and the second problem remains.

The repeated toasts in Yunnan are actually the remnants of the two major toasts of "Luxury" and "Shapu", and Wu Sangui has always taken appeasement measures against these toasts, but Fang Guangchen thinks that it should be adjusted now.

It offers two strategies.

The first is to move the Lijiang Mu Tusi, who had collusion with the Mongols, to the provincial capital, and if they dare to resist, they will be encircled and suppressed.

"Among the many toasts, the Mu clan has the greatest influence, and if it submits to the prince, it will not worry that others will dare to rebel."

After hearing this, Hu Guozhu also said that he could use Mu's knife to kill chickens and monkeys.

If the Mu clan is not satisfied, he will lead the army to eliminate it.

And said: "As long as the Tusi dare not collude with the Mongols, the Mongols may not dare to offend Dali and Kunming." ”

Wu Sangui nodded after hearing this, and asked Fang Guangchen what the other way was.

I didn't want Fang Guangchen's second strategy to cede the land to the Mongols in order to make peace.

"Mowing the land?"

Wu Sangui frowned, not knowing why Ting Xian came up with this idea.

Fang Guangchen explained that Kunming was 1,4500 miles away from the Zhongdian region touched by the Mongol forces, and the terrain was extremely complex, which was not conducive to the battle of large armies.

"If you send a large army to the battle, it is good if you win, but if you lose, I am afraid that the court will use this as an excuse to weaken the prince, and even send it to save troops."

In the past two years, the Qing court has been on strict guard against Wu Sangui, not only confiscating Wu Sangui's Pingxi General Seal, but also intercepting his right to use people to make up for it.

Last month, he issued an edict ordering all the fugitives from the Pingxi Domain to be tried by Yousi, and Zhang Jing was not allowed to intervene.

That is, even Wu Sangui's right to try and dispose of the case was confiscated.

Therefore, if the Wu army went to war with the Mongols, it was impossible for the Qing court not to send people to Yunnan to mix sand.

Therefore, Fang Guangchen deliberately ceded Zhaoke, Youna, Xiangluo, Ratluo, Zhongdian and other places in the northwest of Yunnan to the Mongols, and gave them some gold and silver goods.

He tried his best to avoid war with the Mongols and did not give the Qing court any reason to send troops to Yunnan.

"However, the prince must tell the Qing court that the border affairs are getting tighter, so that the army can be expanded to ask for salaries."

Fang Guangchen's idea can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only to appease the Mongols not to really fight, but also to use the Mongols to blackmail the Qing court in turn.

After hearing this, Hu Guozhu also said to his father-in-law: "As long as the Mongols do not expand to Erhai, Kunming and other areas, then there is not much conflict of interest for us. If the imperial court insists on withdrawing the feudal domain, so that the father and the king cannot consolidate one side on his own, the son-in-law thinks that he may be able to join Mongolia to resist the Qing Dynasty in the future. As for the land that was ceded was not in our hands in the first place, it was nothing for the Mongols to be handed over. ”

Wu Sangui agreed after thinking about it for a while, and instructed: "The affairs of the Mu family should be done on time, and the Mongols will go to Lao Ting." ”

But he added that if the Mongols had gained the benefits and went deeper, then the king of Pingxi would personally lead his troops to patrol the border, so the soldiers in each town should pay close attention to training to prepare for the patrol.

Fang Guangchen wrote down and was about to draft the relevant official documents, but Wang Pingfan, the governor of Zuoying, hurriedly entered with a secret document.

The secret letter was sent by Liu Xuanchu, who was sent to Badong to stop the chaos in the green camp in Sichuan.

After reading the secret letter, Wu Sangui actually scolded on the spot: "Liu Xuanchu, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, Zheng Jiaolin, what do they want to do, don't they listen to half of the king's words, bastard!" This king asked them to exterminate the remnants of the Ming army, and they dared to disobey their orders! ”

"Lord Wang, what's wrong?"

Fang Guangchen saw that King Pingxi was so angry, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he hurriedly came over to take the secret document in Wu Sangui's hand and looked at it, and was also taken aback after reading it.

It was Ma Bao who contacted the Ming army without authorization, and advocated that they join forces with the Ming army to secretly deal with the Qing army in Shaanxi.

This is truly audacious.

Then he said with a happy face: "Lord, this is a good thing, a great thing!" ”

"What a good thing!"

Wu Sangui was furious and slammed his fist on the table.

"This?"

Hu Guozhu and Wang Pingfan, the governor of the left capital, were confused, and both poked their heads into the secret document in Fang Guangchen's hand.

Fang Guangchen casually handed the secret letter to Hu Guozhu, and then solemnly made a series to Wu Sangui: "Lord Wang, of course it's a good thing!" Those who are dressed and restored to Yanjing are the co-masters of China, isn't this the righteousness of the heaven-given prince and the emperor's robe! ”

"Righteousness?"

Wu Sangui's face sank like water, and he said angrily: "Xianting is also confused!" You think this is righteousness, but this king thinks that this is the conspiracy of the false king of Han, but this king is a trick to roast this king on the fire and force this king into the urn! Offering the court, this king and ask you, if the court knows about this, will it be the old thieves or the king? ”

After a moment of silence, Fang Guangchen said bluntly: "When did the imperial court believe in the prince? Does the prince really think that he can be a vassal king for a lifetime, or a rich man for a lifetime? ”