It’s dawn in Ye County. The Huaixi Red Scarf Army's wake-up suona (bugle) sounded tick-tock-tock, harsh and long, echoing in the ancient city of Ye County.
Li Zhongshan was also woken up by the harsh sound, but because he was a little tired last night, he yawned for a long time, regained his consciousness a little, stretched again, and stretched his hands. arm, and then a slippery "thing" slipped into his arms again. Li Zhongshan looked down and saw that it was his newly adopted concubine Wu Xiaoji.
The girl he "raised" has finally grown up. Although she is not tall, not as grand as Wu Xiaotuo, and not as "big" as Yang Xiaohuan, she still has the beauty and figure she should have, and she is also quite fresh and delicious! She is also very "good" and does whatever she is told. Li Zhongshan is extremely satisfied with her, so she went to bed a little late last night.
But I have to get up now. If I don't get up, I will miss the departure time.
In addition, Li Zhongshan also wanted to say goodbye to Wu Shifan and Wu Shijue as brothers.
Although he has always been close friends with Wu Shifan and Wu Shijue. But the two sides are not in the same camp after all, and the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty has become increasingly difficult to maintain.
Maybe in another year and a half, we will really break out and start a war.
When the time comes, the former brothers will become enemies on the battlefield!
"Master," Wu Xiaoji's charming voice rang in Li Zhongshan's ears, "Would you like me to help you change your clothes?"
Li Zhongshan's mind was suddenly pulled back by Wu Xiaoji, and he looked back at the woman, "Xiaoji, will you still help me change my clothes?"
Wu Xiaoxian nodded: "Master, I have been studying with the maids in the house these days. I am already very familiar with them. From now on, master, I can follow you and serve you wherever you go."
"Okay!" Li Zhongshan said with a smile, "Xiaoji, then you can help me change my clothes. Move quickly, I also made an appointment with Meiyu and Shuangyu to say goodbye!"
"Um."
In the morning breeze, the three of them looked at each other silently. The rising sun shone in all directions, shining on Li Zhongshan, who was dressed in military uniform, as if he was a king descending from the earth, as if there was a layer of gold around his body.
He burst out laughing: "I really want to destroy Kangxi's Qing Dynasty first, and then compete with your family for the world. In this way, no matter who loses or wins, the world in the future will always belong to the Han people. It's a pity that your old man can't wait. Got it!"
As he spoke, he shook his head again.
"After all, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is an old man in his sixties. Unlike us, he is still young and has plenty of time. He doesn't have much time left. He must really want to protect you like Zhao Song before Long Yu Bintian. Really? It must be his intention to instigate Sun Jiqing and my brother to turn against each other, right? You two are my good brothers and you would not plot against me like this."
These were Li Zhongshan's farewell words to Wu Shijue and Wu Shifan, two of his most beloved relatives and friends. After saying goodbye today, they might be enemies when we see each other again! Both of them listened calmly, as if this was just the most common thing in troubled times.
"Although your old man designed Sun Jiqing to oppose me, I will still put the justice of the world first and will not provoke a war with the Zhou Dynasty, so that the Hulu Kingdom of the Northern Qing Dynasty can take advantage of it. I don't want us to work hard." What we have fought hard for is a new China that is just as aggrieved as the Northern Song Dynasty! So I will solemnly welcome Xiao Geng as my concubine, and use it as a symbol of the informal alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty!"
Li Zhongshan's words were certainly well thought out, and it was also Li Zhongshan's original plan to establish an informal alliance between the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty by welcoming Wu Xiaoxian, Princess of Jiading of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although Ming Dynasty had a strong national power on paper, it also faced many troubles. The traitor Geng Jingzhong has not yet been eradicated, and most of Jiangxi is still under the rule of Jieshu. The Ming Dynasty's territory is divided into two non-connected parts on land. The Ming Dynasty itself was only a rough creation, although it implemented a very progressive system of people's political deliberation. However, this system is not yet perfect. Until Li Zhongshan left Nanjing for the last time, the system of people's political discussion was still limited to the imperial court level and a few places such as Yingtian Mansion and Guangzhou Mansion.
If the Ming Dynasty fell into the siege of Wu Zhou, Beiqing, and Geng Jing too early, it would still be difficult to deal with it.
Because Ming held high the banner of world orthodoxy, it was difficult to form an alliance with any of Wu Zhou, Beiqing, and Geng Jing. Wu Zhou and Geng Jing were traitors to Ming, and Beiqing was sworn enemy to Ming. ——Prince Zhu San himself was killed more than ten times by the Qing Dynasty!
However, there is still a difference in the degree of hostility between these three enemies and the Ming Dynasty. The Northern Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have a hatred for the destruction of the world, and even a temporary reconciliation is impossible.
The relationship between Wu Zhou, Geng Jing and Ming Dynasty was a "battle between family and country", that is, the world's surnames were Zhu, Wu and Geng, rather than a "battle between the world". Therefore, it is not impossible for the Ming Dynasty, which adheres to the principle of "people first, king first, and society second", to join forces with Wu Zhou and Geng Jing.
Even if it is not convenient for the Ming court to come forward, the general Li Zhongshan can come forward to conclude an informal alliance or marriage with Wu Zhou - Li Zhongshan himself is the British King of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was the Western King of the Ming Dynasty earlier, and they are equal. , now Li Zhongshan and Wu Sangui have formed an informal alliance, which still shows that they are equal. Then Ming Dynasty is naturally higher than Wu Zhou. Anyway, it can be fooled.
However, this informal alliance, which seems to be self-deception, actually has actual needs for both parties.
For Li Zhongshan, this marriage can help him stabilize his internal expectations - unification of the country may not be achieved in a short time, but three points in the world seem to be quite stable. Then everyone will support the general and shogunate, and together we will eliminate the scourge of Geng Jingzhong first and seize the territory of Jiangxi.
For Wu Sangui, he also needs a three-point world expectation. Although his idea was to establish a small Han family world similar to the Northern Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Great Zhou Dynasty were unwilling to support him. They all felt that the old Wu family was capricious, first loyal to the Ming, then loyal, then loyal to the Qing, and then rebelled against the Qing and restored the Ming. , and now he has separated from the Ming Dynasty and established himself as emperor. Such capriciousness may not end well. The Ming Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the world, and now it is discussed by the original monarch, the original ministers and the people of the country, which sounds very good. Therefore, the scholars under Wu Sangui all supported the Ming Dynasty!
This resulted in the high quality of military officers in Wu Sangui's regime and the poor quality of civilian officials. Wu Sangui did not have any great Confucians like the "Fourth Former Confucian Master".
This also made Wu Sangui's political power construction relatively poor. He could only support his three sons as leaders of the warlord group, relying on them to manage the army immediately and the people immediately.
At this time, Li Zhongshan's Huaixi Red Scarf Army had begun to form a team outside Ye County and was preparing to leave. What appeared in front of Li Zhongshan were red team-level formations one after another. The red military flags danced in the wind in the rising sun. The expression on Li Zhongshan's face has become extremely solemn.
"Mr. Gu Tinglin once told me that there is the subjugation of the country, and there is the subjugation of the world. Changing his surname and changing his name is called the subjugation of the country. China has fallen, the Central Plains has been lost, benevolence and justice have been cut off, and all life in the world has been devastated. Hundreds of millions of people have died. To be a slave is to destroy the world! If the Manchus enter the Central Plains, I will destroy the world! Those who save the country will be their rulers and ministers, and those who eat meat will seek to save the country. Even ordinary people have the responsibility to save the world, not to mention us, the princes and ministers?
Today's Ming Dynasty is not a country with one family and one surname, but a world of hundreds of millions of people. Even your Wu family has a share. After all, we overturned this Manchu world together! "
Wu Shifan smiled slightly and said in a calm tone: "Although the current Zhou Dynasty respects one family, it also has a share of the wealth of your Li family. If I am lucky enough to rule the world in the future, you will once again have a hereditary prince!"
Li Zhongshan laughed loudly: "Meiyu, I am not your iron-hatted king. If you dominate the world, I will gather a group of like-minded men to sail out to sea and go to the other side of the ocean to conquer a new kingdom! This world is big, There is room for two Han people in the world!"
Wu Shijue also nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I heard that the world we live in is actually a super huge sphere. There are four major continents on the sphere. In addition to our Dongsheng Divine Continent, there are also There is no Amelia family in the west, Africa in the south and Europe in the north. Every continent is so vast that it is enough to establish several countries as big as the original Ming Dynasty!"
Li Zhongshan turned around and smiled: "Okay, let's find a good place for Shuangyu to build a country when the time comes! Meiyu, what do you think? If you don't live as you like in the future, should you go out and have a career?"
Wu Shifan smiled slightly: "I won't go out. If I don't get the world of China, I will come to you to beg for food! Shikai, you have to take care of my little brother when the time comes!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Li Zhongshan smiled, "Then let's say goodbye and see each other on the battlefield!"
Wu Shifan nodded: "Shikai, I won't let you catch me next time!"
Wu Shijue also said: "Shikai, next time I come to Nanjing to see you!"
Chizhou Prefecture, Guichi County, Pingxi General Nanwang Li Fuchen traveled to the palace.
Li Fuchen quietly read a secret letter. In the signing room, several nephews and generals of King Li Nan looked at his expressions. This secret letter was brought personally by Li Jixiang, Li Fuchen's nephew, from the general's camp in Chenzhou, the capital of Henan Province (which belonged to Henan in the Ming Dynasty). Li Jixiang joined the army at the suggestion of Chenzhou General Xingyuan. When Li Zhongshan was away, he was the top leader of Chenzhou Xingyuan. He could command all the armies and places under the jurisdiction of the Xingyuan, which can be said to be a high-power position. Such a person actually acted as a messenger himself, which shows how important the content of this letter is. Now the Ming Dynasty has launched wars on multiple fronts in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui (Southern Anhui), Henan and other places, and its military strength is somewhat stretched.
Li Fuchen read the letter with a cold expression. He stood up slowly without saying anything, still holding the letter tightly in his left hand. Everyone watched blankly as Li Fuchen walked out of the custody room and silently walked towards the moon door leading to the back house of the residence.
Li Fuchen dispatched troops this time to command from a seat, rather than on the spot, so he could lead Kong Sizhen to live a small life while strategizing, and his life was quite free.
Although he did not go to battle, his adopted sons Li Zhongyi and Li Zhongxian, his concubine Li Zhongzheng, and generals Shao Lingzhi and Cai Yuan helped him conquer the east and west. Coupled with the support of the majority of the people in southern Anhui, the progress was very smooth.
Seeing that several state capitals in southern Anhui were about to be captured, Li Fuchen was soon able to attack Jiangxi with Li Laishun, thus opening up the road traffic with Guangdong. As a result, an unexpected big thing happened - his second son became a The father-killing enemy of his third son! Moreover, he is still alive and well as his father!
This is really something that even Lu Bu, like him, can’t do!
What's more troublesome for him is that Li Jiqing is not an ordinary son, but the son of a warlord. He has an army and territory. The territory and army of Guihai Navy in Guangxi have always been controlled by Li Jiqing's retainers. He stayed in Guangdong. The eldest son Li Jizhen and Princess Zhang Xiaoyu have never been able to control Gui Haijun.
This means that once Li Jiqing arrives in Guilin, he can immediately launch a "rebellion against his father" with the support of Wu Sangui!
This is so lively for Lu Bu!
Thinking about this kind of "Lü Bu family affairs", Li Fuchen, who was living in Lu Bu, had already walked into the back house unknowingly, and then heard Kong Sizhen's voice: "This guest, please come inside!"
This Princess is still playing role-playing with Lu Bu!
Li Fuchen raised his eyes and glanced at Kong Sizhen - although she was no longer young, she was still good at playing, and to Li Fuchen, she was still the "goddess" he had tasted when he was young but could not get it. This kind of satisfaction after conquest is really very good. It's hard to describe in words.
But now the relationship between husband and wife is over!
"Zhen'er, something big happened!" Li Fuchen looked at Kong Sizhen with a serious expression.
Kong Sizhen, who was wearing bellyband trousers and an "out of place" look, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again: "Master, you are teasing me again!"
"Zhen'er, I'm serious that the second child killed the third child's father!"
"What?" Kong Sizhen looked surprised, "Aren't you the father of the second and third children? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Well, that third child has more than one father!"
More than one dad?
Kong Sizhen's expression suddenly changed: "Sun, Sun Changsheng was killed by your son? Why, why?"
When she asked the question, there were tears in her eyes.
"Because..." Li Fuchen sighed, "because Sun Yanling helped the third child rob the Jiading princess, while the second child was so angry that he led his troops deep into the surrounding area, killed Sun Yanling near Xinye County, and took Jiading back. Princess!"
To be honest, Li Fuchen was very suspicious of Li Zhongshan's report of going deep into Xinye and killing a Duke of Zhou Dynasty. This was no longer a brave champion in the three armies, this was simply beyond ordinary people!
With Li Zhongshan's ability to penetrate two to three hundred miles into the enemy's territory, kill the enemy's generals, and still escape unharmed, Kangxi and Wu Sangui must be careful!
"Then, then, the third child..."
Kong Sizhen's face turned pale.
She was so fond of Li Fuchen, not only because she liked Li Fuchen, a handsome man, but also because of her son!
Don't let her son be chopped off by Li Zhongshan!
"He's fine. Fu Honglie protected him and escaped!" Li Fuchen replied, while also blaming Li Zhongshan in his heart - why did you let your brother escape? Where's your rifled gun? Aim and hit! If you can't catch him alive, you should kill him!
If he runs back to Guangxi, he will be in big trouble!
"Really?" Kong Sizhen was doubtful.
"Really, really escaped!" As he spoke, Li Fuchen handed Li Zhongshan's letter to Kong Sizhen, "Read it for yourself."
Kong Sizhen took Li Zhongshan's letter, read it ten lines at a time, and then read it again carefully, her face looked a little better, "Master, your son wants you to imprison me! What are you going to do?"
Li Fuchen smiled bitterly: "Zhen Gege, I should imprison you, but I can't do it! After all, we are in love with each other. Back then, you didn't dislike me for being vulgar and humble, but now you try your best to please me. How could I do that? Things? You can tell yourself what you want."
"I'm going to Guangxi!" Kong Sizhen said.
"You want to help Lao San rebel?" Li Fuchen asked.
Kong Sizhen said: "It is certain that the third child will rebel against the Ming Dynasty, but I will not let him attack Guangdong."
This is not because Kong Sizhen is loyal to Li Fuchen, but because he knows that his son cannot beat Li Jizhen, who is the eldest brother. Although he does not "belong to Lu Bu", he has many brothers!
Li Fuchen nodded lightly: "If he doesn't enter Guangdong, the good life of the separatist country can be maintained for a while. The boss is a smooth man. If the second brother is not willing to bear the name of killing his brother, he will not be willing to bear it either. Besides, he is only from Guangdong. The governor and the governor of Jing Haijun only have Wuzhou in Guangxi, and he has no responsibility to defend the territory in other places."
He paused and then said: "If you are not satisfied in Guangxi, go and seek refuge with Wu Sangui!"
(End of chapter)
