Hearing that Shangguan Hongyuan asked about the news about Jiang Kuang as soon as he came up, Chen Jingyu also realized that the failure of Yun Bing's battle probably deeply hurt Shangguan Hongyuan's nerves... ··········
Understanding this, Chen Jingyu secretly took a deep breath and bowed to preach:
"Reporting to the Chief Assistant, Jiang Kuang sent back news that he is executing the planned plan. He has successfully made Ye Mingsheng suspect that Cui Shao is behind this matter. He is continuing to ignite the conflicts and discord within the Fengwu Army. , everything is going well with the current plan!”
Chen Jingyu's narration obviously did not satisfy Shangguan Hongyuan. The chief minister of the Zhou Dynasty, who was nearly seventy years old, said coldly:
"The plan must be accelerated! There is no time to wait for you to complete the plan step by step!"
Although Chen Jingyu was already aware of the situation when he said these words, Chen Jingyu couldn't help but feel his heart sink. Although he intended to advise the chief assistant to be patient, he also knew that Yun Bingzhao's defeat again added a lot of pressure to the chief assistant!
Part of these pressures come from the Fengwu Army, and the other part comes from within the imperial court. Therefore, as the director of the Supervision Department, I should solve the troubles for the chief assistant, rather than add trouble to him. Thinking of this, Chen Jingyu also swallowed the advice. Then he bowed and said:
"I understand, sir, our Supervision Department will try our best to speed up!"
Hearing what Chen Jingyu said, Shangguan Hongyuan was still a little dissatisfied, but he also understood that Chen Jingyu was already thinking hard, so he nodded.
After thinking for a moment, Shangguan Hongyuan asked again:
"What's the news from Murong Lun?"
Seeing Shangguan Hongyuan ask about this, Chen Jingyu also organized her language to introduce:
"Lord Chief Assistant, we have managed to let Murong Lun know the news that his younger brother Murong Yuliang was excluded from the Fengwu Army... ·”
Shangguan Hongyuan also became somewhat interested and continued to ask Chen Jingyu:
"What was Murong Lun's reaction?"
She has followed Shangguan Hongyuan for decades, so even though Shangguan Hongyuan's voice was very dull, Chen Jingyu could still feel his emotions. After hesitating for a moment, Chen Jingyu decided to say something nice to make Shangguan Hongyuan happy and then said. :
"Murong Lun seemed a little impatient. According to the secret information we buried around him, Murong Lun even smashed a favorite tea set because of this!"
Shangguan Hongyuan couldn't help but have a smile on his face as soon as he said this. Although Murong Lun was very capable and talented, the reason why he made Murong Lun, a surrendered minister, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs after he destroyed the Southern Inspection Court For such an important position, Murong Lun was allowed to enter the cabinet. The most important purpose was not to value Murong Lun's ability and talent, but to value the Murong family's extensive connections and influence!
Since the failure of the Eastern Expedition, there have been many voices within the Luo'an court regarding the Fengwu Army. Although Shangguan Hongyuan dislikes these voices, he also understands that this situation will inevitably happen if the battle is lost!
However, what Shangguan Hongyuan noticed was that after the defeat, Murong Lun never expressed any opinions and remained silent on the development and trend of the battle!
Although it is not clear what Murong Lun's intentions are, the only thing Shangguan Hongyuan can be sure of is that Murong Lun's silence on the defeat does not really support him and the Luo'an court... ·········
If Murong Lun is really 100% loyal to the Luo'an court, then at the beginning of the war, he should use his influence on Lu Jianchao to completely cut off the Fengwu Army's financial path in Jiangnan. If Murong Lun really does this Well, without the support of Jiangnan's financial resources, it would be absolutely impossible for the Fengwu Army to successfully organize and train those three divisions.
Without the reserve soldiers of those three divisions, he had never suffered such a tragic defeat in the Battle of Yunbin at the beginning of the year. Every time he thought of this, Shangguan Hongyuan wanted to cut off Murong Lun's head with his own hands, and then kill the entire Murong family. Vent the hatred in your heart and let everyone understand the consequences of being ambiguous with Feng Wujun.
If only twenty years younger.
No! Shangguan Hongyuan, who was ten years younger, promised that he would definitely do this. However, Shangguan Hongyuan, who is now nearly seventy years old, no longer has the courage and courage to fight with a sword.
The passage of time has made Shangguan Hongyuan more experienced and mature, but it has also taken away his drive to do things without breaking or establishing!
Reason made Shangguan Hongyuan understand that he could not do this. The internal situation of the Luo'an court was very delicate. Many people had hidden agendas and had their own little calculations. The external environment was closely watched by the Fengwu Army, and Ye Mingsheng was extremely ambitious. If there is any trouble in the Luoan court, he may pounce at any time.
The Murong family has deep roots in the court and is intertwined with all forces. Therefore, if you attack them rashly, it will easily affect the whole body. What's more, Murong Lun has always been careful to guard against him. Although he is in Luo'an, but the Murong family's Jiao Tu San Ku's manpower and financial resources are scattered in various places, and some of them have even been hidden in the dark and never come to the surface... ·
Therefore, under such unfavorable conditions, in order to maintain the stability and unity of the Luo'an court, Shangguan Hongyuan finally gave up the idea of killing the Murong family.
Although he gave up this idea, Shangguan Hongyuan, who has been in the world for decades, still knows that biting dogs do not bark. Although Murong Lun claimed that the reason why he did not express his opinion on Yun Bing's defeat was that Murong Yuliang, Murong Qing Wu and others avoided suspicion in the Fengwu Army, but Shangguan Hongyuan naturally would not believe his lies!
As early as more than a month ago, Shangguan Hongyuan asked the Supervision Department to formulate a plan not only to intensify the conflicts within the Fengwu Army, exaggerate the internal rifts within the Fengwu Army, and plunge the Fengwu Army into internal strife, but also to end the conflict between the Murong family and the Murong family. The ambiguous situation between the Fengwu Army.
So now that he heard that Murong Lun was angry because of the news that Murong Yuliang was criticized in the Fengwu Army, Shangguan Hongyuan was naturally in a very good mood. This meant that his plan had made progress and ended the ambiguity between the Murong family and the Fengwu Army. Cleaning up the state is not an impossible task!
Seeing Shangguan Hongyuan's mood gradually improving, Chen Jingyu seemed to have remembered something, and tentatively reported to Shangguan Hongyuan:
"Your Excellency, Lin Shize, is about to die in Jingchu. Sun Liangyu has recently tried to convey some goodwill to the court through some channels. He seems to want to ease the relationship with the court. There is also news that Xu Zhaojie and Sun Liangyu have been secretly fighting each other recently. touch·····················"
Hearing Chen Jingyu mention the name Lin Shize, a complicated look flashed in Shangguan Hongyuan's eyes. If the time were pushed forward a few years and he heard the news that Lin Shize was about to die, he would definitely celebrate it well, but now At this time, there was no joy or excitement in his heart, only sadness and helplessness.
He and Lin Shize, an old fellow, had known each other for decades. They had cooperated. They worked together to kill the late emperor's crown prince, put the young emperor Jiang Rui on the throne, and established the rule of the Zhou Dynasty for nearly twenty years with every effort. Political structure, fight against the invasion of the Kipchak Khanate, and ensure the integrity of the territorial sovereignty of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
However, compared to cooperation, the two of them were more about confrontation and struggle. Shangguan Hongyuan regarded Lin Shize as his biggest opponent in life. He had thought countless times that if Lin Shize could be completely eradicated one day, the world of Great Zhou would be conquered. Let him run wild!
However, what Shangguan Hongyuan never expected was that God played an extremely huge joke on him. When he worked hard to destroy the southern imperial court led by Lin Shize and wanted to completely kill Lin Shize, it turned out that He discovered that behind him, the bug he could crush with one foot had turned into a ferocious and cruel tiger!
Shangguan Hongyuan, who was aware of the danger, finally chose to give up on dealing with his old rival, and instead dealt with the threats from behind. He did not want to give Fengwu Army any chance to develop. However, in the end, he fell short, and Ye Mingsheng, a wolf cub, became a complete climate. ·····················
Every time Shangguan Hongyuan thinks of this, he sighs and sighs. He regrets why he couldn't see through Ye Mingsheng's wolfish ambition earlier and cut him into pieces with a thousand swords, cut his bones into pieces and spread his ashes!
After calming down, Shangguan Hongyuan asked:
"What are Xu Zhaojie and Sun Liangyu communicating with?"
When Shangguan Hongyuan asked about this, Chen Jingyu introduced in detail:
"Some time ago, Xu Zhaojie destroyed the Huainan family headed by the Cao family, which caused turmoil in all parts of Huainan. Therefore, there was news from Yi Jing that Ye Mingsheng planned to take advantage of this opportunity to intervene in the situation in Huainan with force. There was even news that Ye Mingsheng had ordered that the residents The First Army of the Fengwu Army in Hebei and Henan, and the Fourth Army of the Fengwu Army stationed in Anqing, invade Huainan in two ways!"
"The Zhennan Army under Xu Zhaojie's command has also been seriously damaged since the defeat of Hebei and Yu at the beginning of the year. Coupled with the overt and covert interference of the Cao family and others, it has not recovered much strength now. Therefore, Xu Zhaojie feels that the situation in Huainan is very dangerous, so he plans to Borrow 30,000 troops from Sun Liangyu on the grounds that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold!"
Shangguan Hongyuan was a little surprised when he heard the news and said:
"Sun Liangyu is a bitch who is famous for not letting go of hawks when he sees rabbits. How did Xu Zhaojie think of asking him to borrow troops? Besides, does he have the bargaining chip to borrow troops from Sun Liangyu?"
Faced with Shangguan Hongyuan's rhetorical question, Chen Jingyu explained:
"It is rumored that Xu Zhaojie was willing to pay Sun Liangyu one million taels of silver in order to borrow 30,000 troops..."
"One million taels of silver?"
Shangguan Hongyuan was also very surprised when he heard this amount. Although Huainan under Xu Zhaojie was one of the few wealthy places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there have been a lot of wars in Huainan in the past few years. Coupled with Xu Zhaojie's aggressive military activities, Huainan's foundation was almost exhausted. .
In addition, now is the time for Xu Zhaojie to spend money on recruiting troops. How could he spend one million taels of silver to borrow troops from Sun Liangyu?
Is it payment in installments?
It's unlikely. Sun Liangyu is not a fool. If it is to be paid in installments, although Xu Zhaojie has agreed well now, when Xu Zhaojie calms down, he will definitely not continue to admit the debt. However, the money may not wait until he comes to town. Confederate soldiers are approaching!
After thinking for a moment, Shangguan Hongyuan thought of a possibility and asked Chen Jingyu:
"The money came from Lu Jianchao?"
Regarding Shangguan Hongyuan's words, Chen Jingyu nodded slightly and said:
"We have not collected evidence yet, but Xu Zhaojie will never be able to get away with the one million taels of silver, so our Supervision Department has judged that this silver most likely came from Jiangnan... ··········”
Seeing that Chen Jingyu had confirmed his thoughts, Shangguan Hongyuan stroked his white beard and suddenly asked:
"How is the construction of the firearms factory built by Fengwu Army in Jiangnan going?"
Chen Jingyu thought for a moment and replied:
"It is said that it has been put into production, but there is news that Fengwu Army still has some key parts and components. Therefore, the firearms produced by Jiangnan are inferior to the genuine Fengwu Army firearms in terms of production quality and speed. There is still a big gap, and I heard that Lu Jianchao was very angry about it!"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Hongyuan couldn't help but said:
"In that case, how do the firearms produced in Jiangnan compare with our Shenwu Gun Zhengdong Cannon?"
Faced with this problem, Chen Jingyu thought for a while and said:
"The Fengwu Army only transferred the technology of Tiger Crouching Cannon and Weiyuan Cannon to Jiangnan, and did not give them the technology of Red Coat Cannon. However, Jiangnan also invested a lot of money and manpower in this area. It is said that there are already A prototype of the cannon was built, but the power and range were not ideal and the expected effect was not achieved!"
"However, in terms of the Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Weiyuan Gun, after Jiangnan adopted the technology of the Fengwu Army, the progress is still very obvious. It should be better than that of our army... ········”
Although Chen Jingyu said it very carefully, Shangguan Hongyuan was still a little unhappy when he heard that Jiangnan's fire gun and tiger crouching cannon skills were better than his own. Shangguan Hongyuan immediately said:
"I asked you to get the Fengwu Army's technology. Either your Supervision Department can't get it, or you can only get part of it. Now that Jiangnan has the Fengwu Army's technology, Jingyu, you think about getting the technology from them. !”
"Yes!" Chen Jingyu bowed and responded:
After receiving Chen Jingyu's affirmative answer, Shangguan Hongyuan thought for a while and ordered;
"Sun Liangyu said that this bitch wants to ease the relationship with us, so we might as well give him this face, and we can guarantee him that if he lends troops to Xu Zhaojie, the court can guarantee that he will not attack him!"
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Ye Mingsheng, a wolf cub, is too ambitious and wants to take a bite wherever he goes. Since he wants to go to Huainan to take a bite this time, the imperial court will help Xu Zhaojie... ·····················”
(Do you want to see some plots about minor characters? A reader mentioned this yesterday. I think it is still very constructive!)
