If I write you a secret letter, I must be asking for help." The red lady laughed and said, "Isn't it possible that it's not Eunuch Chang's, but it's the Emperor's? "
"Do you want to see who it is?" Li Yan smiled faintly and handed him the secret letter. The red lady shook her head: "Since it is a secret letter, it's better not to read it."
"If it's a secret letter from Eunuch Chang or the Emperor, I really won't show it to you, but you can't imagine who it belongs to." Li Yan didn't give in. "You must have never imagined that it was a secret letter written by Liu Zongmin to me."
As expected, the red lady was stunned and frowned deeply: "Why would he write you a secret letter? Then she was shocked. Husband, you don't know how to..."
Li Yan smiled and said nothing, and the red lady immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Of course my husband won't...but, how could he...could it be..." The red lady was an extremely smart person, and in the next moment she thought of something, although she didn't The details were clear, but I also expected what it was.
Li Yan nodded: "The centipede insects are dead but not stiff, let alone the ones that are not dead. Although we can't get rid of them now, we can't make them cause trouble."
The red lady was silent for a while: "Is this authorized by Eunuch Chang to you? It will be a good thing if this thing is done well. If it goes wrong, not only will it not please you, but you may also be implicated!"
Li Yan hummed: "Eunuch Chang wanted to do it himself, but he had so many things on his hands that he couldn't spare any time. After much thought, he felt that I was the most suitable person, so...hey, the emperor also knew about this, but he pretended not to know. That’s all.”
Oh, the red lady looked a little solemn, and after a while she asked again: "So how did things go?"
Li Yan smiled lightly: "It's easy to do the job of following the current."
The red lady stopped talking and ate her meal silently with her bowl in hand. She looked at the flying snowflakes outside the door from time to time, with a lot of thoughts in her heart.
She knew in her heart that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two big thieves, would not be spared by Emperor Chongzhen and Chang Yu and would definitely be killed. She also knew that the reason why she and Li Zicheng stopped fighting was just a delaying tactic. It can't be fought, it can't be fought.
She also knew that Li Zicheng knew in his heart that once Chao calmed down, he would still have to deal with him.
Therefore, he must find a way out, must be on guard, and has been making preparations and using delaying tactics.
And the court also knew that he knew and knew that he would make preparations.
Therefore, the court cannot let him breathe when he is breathing. It must mess with him, make him restless, and make him jump around. The most direct way is to cause him to have civil strife!
It is not too difficult to cause civil strife in Li Chuang's group, because he has many mountains and factions, and it is best for the mob to sow discord. And the court has done this from the beginning, such as making Li Zicheng a marquis, but his brothers and Among the generals under his command, the highest one is the commander-in-chief!
The generals under his command were okay, but how could those brothers who fought together to conquer the country be convinced in their hearts.
Such as Liu Zongmin!
Liu Zongmin is the most powerful force in the Li Chuang Group besides Li Zicheng, and he is also the most unconvinced!
Why did he become a marquis? I am the chief military officer.
He now has three options: one is to replace him, the other is to build a new mountain, and the third is to go far away.
But Li Zicheng was such a shrewd man, and he was always on guard against him. It was not easy for Liu Zongmin to replace him in Xi'an, but if he set up another mountain, the court and Li Chuang would not tolerate it, and the first one would beat him!
Moving away from home? Where to go? Those east of the Yellow River will be destroyed if they come over. To the west of the Yellow River is Li Zicheng's territory. How can one mountain accommodate two tigers? Li Zicheng will definitely kill him.
But where else to go? Could it be that he went to Uzang, a place where birds don't poop? He would probably die from lack of oxygen before he even reached the end of the field. Even if he got to the end of the field, how could the local forces tolerate him?
Go to Sichuan to seek refuge with Zhang Xianzhong?
Isn't that seeking skin from a tiger? You may die faster.
There is no way to go anywhere, is it possible to just wait for death?
Of course not, there is a noble person to show him the way!
As early as during the peace talks, Chang Yu had given him hints intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Yan also deliberately flirted with him at that time. From then on, this path had been imprinted on Liu Zongmin's heart, but he regarded this path as the last one. Just a choice.
After the peace talks, he returned to Xi'an. While he was struggling with which way to go, undercurrents surged in the city of Xi'an, and assassinations occurred one after another. Some of them were deliberately caused by the imperial court to sow discord. It was difficult to distinguish the true from the false. This made Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin feel that Come on, the other party wants to get rid of me!
Since then, although the two of them have not been at odds on the surface, they have not stopped secretly.
After several battles, Liu Zongmin finally saw the reality clearly, and he really had no way out!
But Li Chuang is different. No matter whether the court will let him go in the future, but now he has found a way out for himself, he can raise his flag to rebel again. With territory, troops, food and strength, the court will still I'm quite afraid that he will rebel.
If he retreats, he can live in Guanzhong and become a king on his own, or even merge with the thieves.
The most important thing is that he has prepared for the worst and goes overseas!
Contribute to the imperial court and become king overseas!
This should be a solution acceptable to both parties, and it is also the best way out!
But what about yourself?
He knew that it was time to make a choice. No matter how slow he was, he might not be able to get out of Xi'an.
So he found Li Yan.
He even gave a big gift!
He said that he would not rebel or cause chaos, and was willing to contribute to the court. The only requirement was that he should leave Xi'an safely and then go to open a company overseas. As for where to go overseas, Li Yan needed to show him the way.
"Where do you plan to let him go, or where do Eunuch Chang and the emperor plan to let him go?" The red lady couldn't help but ask.
"Do you know Ryukyu Kingdom?" Li Yan asked sideways.
The red lady nodded: "The Ming Dynasty is a vassal state, an island country next to the Japanese state."
Li Yan hummed: "According to Eunuch Chang, the Japanese country is encroaching on Ryukyu at this time, and it has repeatedly asked the court for help. However, the court has been too busy taking care of itself in these years. Although it is willing, it is powerless!"
The red lady said oh, and after being silent for a while, she asked again: "Do you think that if Liu Zongmin goes away, Ryukyu can be saved?"
Li Yan smiled: "Whether we can keep it or not, what do we have to lose?"
The red lady was startled, then nodded with a wry smile: "Indeed, it not only frightened the Japanese, but also made Liu Qiu owe a favor, and also killed the Liu thief! Killing three birds with one stone, wonderful!"
"No, it's the Four Birds!" Li Yan shook his head lightly: "It also weakened Li Chuang's strength."
"But what if the Liu thief takes his place in Ryukyu?" The red lady asked again.
"There is no loss to the court. He is still a vassal state. He is no threat to the court across the sea. On the contrary, he has to deal with the invasion of the Japanese country. The imperial court also holds a grudge against the Japanese country. Wouldn't it be worse to let them bite dogs? Okay." Li Yan smiled lightly.
"Did this method come from Eunuch Chang?" Lady Hong sighed and couldn't help but say, "I have to say, Eunuch Chang is really... yin!"
Li Yan laughed loudly!
