Judging from Qing Yu Zhongwang's resume, this person is not a role on paper, at least more mature and experienced than Qing Yu Huaijin.

He is the eldest son of Qing Yugong, and it is not surprising that he will be the heir of the king of Changshan County of the Jing Dynasty, and he naturally has the qualifications to coordinate and command the Yanjing army, thus changing the chaotic situation of the previous northern army.

From this arrangement, it can be seen that although Qing Yugong was far away in the territory of Zhao in the north, he still paid close attention to the battle of Yanqi, and at the same time that the Jing army suffered a major defeat, Qing Yuzhong wanted to rush to preside over the overall situation, and his intention was self-evident.

Qing Yugong can accept the current situation, because he is confident enough to turn the situation around in the future, but he can't allow the Qi army to gain an inch, and even threaten the safety of Heluo, which is his grasp of the overall situation.

Although Su Yunqing had participated in the battle at Yongquan Pass, his main duty was to collect information through the secret agents of the Warp Weaving Division, so he knew more about Qing Yugong's thoughts, and at the moment he was only curious about how Lu Shen would deal with that Qing Yu Zhongwang.

"Master Su, how many people does our Warp Weaving Division currently have in Heluo City?"

However, to Su Yunqing's surprise, Lu Shen's mind was obviously not on Qing Yu Zhongwang.

He temporarily suppressed the confusion in his heart and replied: "Including those secret sons, there are currently one hundred and twenty-nine people, of course, this is only the manpower I have, and there may be some secret agents who belong directly to Qin Tiju." ”

The face of a man in his thirties appeared in Lu Shen's mind, and he asked, "These people are still under the command of Yin Shangfu?" ”

Su Yunqing bowed his head and said, "That's right." ”

In order to gain the trust of the leaders of the Seven Star Gang, Lu Shen ventured into Heluo City and killed Chen Jingtang's father and son with the assistance of Yin Shangfu, so that he could smoothly integrate into the Seven Star Gang and lay a solid foundation for the establishment and growth of the Seven Star Army.

Lu Shen hadn't carefully investigated the chaotic situation in Heluo City, so he asked again: "I wonder if Master Su can tell me what the current situation in the Pseudo-Yan Dynasty is." ”

"That's a long way to say."

Su Yunqing naturally had enough patience to ask Lu Shen what he thought, and just replied in accordance with his words: "Aside from the forces that the Jing Dynasty has secretly cultivated, the Pseudo-Yan Imperial Court can probably be divided into four factions at present. One is the power of the gate lord clan represented by Prime Minister Wang An, although they nominally support the puppet emperor, in fact they are more inclined to defect to the Jing Dynasty. ”

Hearing the name Wang An, thinking of the gentle and considerate Miss Wang in the Lu Mansion in Ancheng, although Lu Shen had an ancient face, he inevitably felt strange in his heart.

"The second is a group of officials headed by the second prime minister, Yu Xunchen, who are certainly not as powerful as the lords in terms of strength, and the position of these people is quite awkward. They are very resistant to the puppet of the Jing Dynasty, but they have no face to re-join the Great Qi, but the Pseudo Yan has not been established for a long time, and if they want to be a loyal minister of the Pseudo Yan, they do not have enough confidence. ”

Su Yunqing naturally didn't know Lu Shen's psychological activities, and his expression was also very complicated when he talked about Yu Xunchen, with both contempt and contempt and anger.

Lu Shen said: "It's really awkward, but maybe it's because of the existence of these people that Jing Chao hasn't made up his mind to directly annex Pseudo Yan." Su-sama, please continue. ”

"The third faction was headed by the privy envoy Pang Shigu, who was only a commander of the envoy back then, because he was good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder and had no loyalty, he was pushed to the position of the privy envoy by Jing Chao, and his attitude does not need to be repeated. There are many people like him in the Yan army, such as Zhang Junsi and Li Shouzhen, the two generals of Dongyang Road, who led the puppet Yan court but was willing to be the eagle dog lackey of the Jing Dynasty. As for the fourth faction, the original leader was Chen Jingtang, and now there is no successor for the time being. ”

"The fourth faction that Lord Su said must be the part of the puppet Yan army that is unwilling to take refuge in the Jing Dynasty?"

"Yes, but they don't want to join us either."

Hearing this, Lu Shen took a sip of the teacup, pondered for a moment and said, "I understand, the four factions of the Pseudo-Yan Imperial Court are actually two kinds of people, and the Wenchen and military generals each have a part. One is that he has already made up his mind to join the Jing Dynasty, and the other is that he wants to continue to maintain the status of the puppet Yan, even if this is a puppet court, there may be hope of real self-reliance in the future. ”

Su Yunqing nodded.

Lu Shen felt that something was not right, thought for a while and asked, "Master Su, which faction does the Pseudo-Yan Emperor belong to?" ”

Su Yunqing was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "He doesn't belong to any faction, because no one in the Pseudo-Yan Dynasty takes him seriously at all." Today's puppet emperor's name is Zhang Can, and his father's name is Zhang Liduan, who was the official residence of the Ministry of Rites before the Yuanjia Change. After the fall of Heluo, Zhang Liduan did not have time to escape and was imprisoned by the Jing Dynasty army. Later, Emperor Jing wanted to support the puppet Yan to establish the country and implement the policy of the northerners governing the north, so he forced Zhang Liduan to ascend the throne as the emperor. ”

Lu Shen didn't know the details of this history in detail, and when he heard Su Yunqing talk about it at this moment, he couldn't help but murmur: "In this way, this Zhang Can shouldn't be a lonely person?" ”

"You mean the strength of the Zhang family itself? Back then, Zhang Liduan was able to do the book of the Ministry of Rites, indeed relying on the heritage of the Zhang family in Jingshan, but more than ten years have passed, and the Zhang family has already been secretly demolished by the Jing Dynasty. Even if Zhang Liduan can leave Zhang Can a little foundation, in the current pattern of the pseudo-Yan court, it is difficult for him to change his life against the sky. ”

Su Yunqing has been immersed in intrigue and trickery all year round, so he can naturally keep up with Lu Shen's rhythm in this regard, in fact, when Lu Shen asked Yan Emperor Zhang Can, he guessed the other party's thoughts, that is, to start with Zhang Can to provoke internal turmoil in Northern Yan.

This idea is not wrong, after all, whether it is Wang An or Pang Shigu, the difference between who sits on the throne is not very big, they can be important ministers of the Yan State, and they can also become high-ranking officials of the Jing Dynasty, but Zhang Can can't, even if he is just a puppet emperor, the end will inevitably be very miserable.

The problem is that the strength of the Zhang family is too weak, and he simply does not have the ability to break the balance.

In the early years, the warp weaving department also thought about starting from this angle, but later found that it was impossible to do anything.

Facing Su Yunqing's reminder, Lu Shen didn't argue, but continued to ask: "Dare to ask Master Su, what kind of person is this Zhang Can?" ”

"His ambition is sparse, the outside is wide and the inside is taboo, and after a few blows, he indulges in wine and sings every night. We don't have much eyeliner in the Pseudo-Yan Palace, we can only probe to this extent, maybe Zhang Can is pretending to be in this posture, but whether he pretends or not, it has little impact on the overall situation. ”

Su Yunqing's answer was very sincere, and he obviously didn't want Lu Shen to waste his energy on this issue.

Lu Shen said: "Then can I think that Zhang Can is not a cowardly and cowering person?" ”

Su Yunqing hesitated: "It can be said that what is Lu Duwei's plan, you might as well say it clearly." ”

Lu Shen didn't answer directly, he got up with the teacup and paced slowly, his eyebrows and eyes full of focused emotions.

"If I were Zhang Can, my father would be a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and the family's reputation would be known far and wide. According to common sense, even if I don't have great ambitions, I can enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth. However, the Jingjun came, the city of Heluo was broken, my father was forced to become the puppet emperor of Laoshizi, and the Zhang family in Jingshan also became the rebellious ministers and thieves pointed out by the thousand husbands. ”

Su Yunqing looked at him curiously, feeling very fresh in his heart.

Lu Shen kept pacing and continued: "If you can really be the emperor of a small court, even if you will be interfered with by the Jing Dynasty, as long as you have the power in your hands, it will be fine, but the power of the court has already been divided up by those people below, but they have pushed our Zhang family out to bear the infamy." My father died of depression and untimely death, and I have to continue to scapegoat them, why? I resisted but to no avail, so I could only use wine to drown my sorrows and complain, and my grief and anger accumulated day by day, and I didn't go crazy yet......"

A hint of surprise floated in Su Yunqing's eyes.

Of course, he knew that Lu Shen was imitating Zhang Can's mental journey, and he had to admit that although this process was very brief, it was very likely to fit Zhang Can's true thoughts.

Lu Shen stopped, turned his head to look at Su Yunqing and asked, "Master Su, if you are Zhang Can, you have an emperor identity but can't do anything, you and your father and even the entire Zhang family will be infamous in the history of Qing, and they will be infamous for thousands of years." Those people below divide your authority, the magnates of the Jing Dynasty sneer at you, you can only anesthetize yourself with spirits, don't you want to do something? ”

"Of course, I'll kill them all clean."

Su Yunqing nodded without hesitation, and then said with a wry smile: "Captain Lu, we have discussed this issue before, even if Zhang Can has this idea, he doesn't have the strength. ”

"There are many kinds of strength."

Lu Shen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If we expect Zhang Can to conjure up a large number of loyal ministers and good generals out of thin air, or hundreds of thousands of elite divisions, so as to completely control the entire puppet Yan Imperial Court, and by the way, drive the forces of the Jing Dynasty back to the north, this is obviously an unrealistic conjecture. However, this is also not the situation we want to see, even though Zhang Can has thousands of grievances and sufferings, their Zhang family has betrayed Daqi after all, so we don't want Zhang Can to really rise, as long as he can create some turmoil. ”

Su Yunqing also picked up the teacup, the tea was already a little cold, but he didn't care, and said slowly: "Lu Duwei is saying that Zhang Can is an introduction, we have to find a way to ignite this introduction, hurt a piece in Heluo City, and then cause chaos within them?" ”

Lu Shen returned to the chair and sat down, stared at Su Yunqing's eyes and said, "Master Su, although Zhang Can has no ability to change the overall situation, he is the emperor of Pseudo-Yan after all, at least nominally the co-leader of those different factions. Before the Jing Dynasty officially became the ruler, both Pang Shigu and Yu Xinchen always had to give the emperor a few thin faces, such as going to the palace to participate in some ceremonies. ”

Su Yunqing's heart trembled, as if he had been empowered, and said softly: "Let Zhang Can gather the ministers, and then start killing?" ”

Lu Shen laughed and asked calmly: "Why not?" ”

(End of chapter)