"No."
Fan Wencheng immediately shook his head in denial.
No matter what the truth is, he will not admit that the person who died now is from their Qing country, and it is easier to gain sympathy from others. For him, this is enough.
"Mr. Fan, does he know what I do in the capital?" Hou Ning looked at Fan Wencheng with a sarcastic face.
Fan Wencheng said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty is responsible for guarding Nanjing City, controlling the Nanjing garrison posts, and is also responsible for the defense of Nanjing City."
"Since you know everything, do you think it's useful if you don't admit it?" Hou Ning asked in return.
Hearing this, Fan Wencheng said with a smile on his face: "The dead people were brought from the Qing Dynasty, and they were among the envoys from the Qing Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty."
"Didn't you ask for the deaths of those people?" Hou Ning looked at Fan Wencheng without giving in.
Fan Wencheng leaned back and said in a relaxed tone: "Those people outside believe that I, Da Qing, am the one who has been wronged."
"Shameless!"
The crown prince Xu Yinjue couldn't help blurting out.
After hearing this, Duke Wei Guogong looked at the prince with dissatisfaction and said to him: "You have nothing to do here, go and do your own business!"
"Father me!"
The eldest son Xu Yinjue wanted to say something more, but when he saw Wei Guogong's face darkening, he had no choice but to say: "My child, please leave."
After saying that, he saluted Marquis Funing again and then left the study.
"That's right, you are indeed shameless!" Hou Ning looked at Fan Wencheng and sneered.
Fan Wencheng said calmly: "Master Hou should know that it was us who died, and it was the people from the Tiger Character Banner who killed our people, they are the perpetrators.
"That's what you deserve." Hou Ning said unceremoniously.
Fan Wencheng looked at Funing Hou's face for a long time before he said: "Since Lord Hou thinks so, no matter how hard I explain, it is useless, but I believe that the people in the city will die for me. Unfair.”
"Hmph! What do those little people know?" Hou Ning snorted coldly, but he was very angry in his heart.
He secretly scolded those people for being as stupid as pigs for actually treating the murderer as the victim, completely indifferent to right and wrong.
"This is the will of the people." Fan Wencheng smiled proudly.
Even he did not expect that because of the death of several of his slaves, the people of Nanjing would become more and more hostile to the Tiger Flag. Although he was behind it, the effect achieved was unexpectedly good.
At this time, Wei Guogong suddenly said: "Mr. Fan came to the door with generous gifts, probably not to argue with Funing Marquis about who is right and wrong in the Duke's Mansion, right?"
After hearing this, Fan Wencheng turned slightly to the Duke of Wei and said respectfully: "To be honest with you, I am taking the liberty to pay you a visit this time. I do have something that I hope to get the Duke's support for. Of course, it is definitely not something that will embarrass the Duke." , but it will be beneficial to Ming Dynasty."
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details!" Wei Guogong looked like he was listening.
Fan Wencheng said: "On this visit, I hope that the old Duke can support me in the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. I can agree. After the matter is completed, as long as there are things in Liaodong, the old Duke can send people to get them at any time. ,"
"As a distinguished nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, my lord has never done business. My lord has never cared about what you Liaodong can bring out." Wei Guogong shook his head slightly.
To others, selling things from Liaodong to the south could double the profits, but for the Duke's government, doing business at sea was far more profitable than sending a caravan to Liaodong.
The few benefits brought by Liaodong alone were not enough to impress him.
"I wonder how old Duke Wei is willing to support the alliance between the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty?" Fan Wencheng stopped beating around the bush and asked Wei Guogong directly.
He has been in Nanjing for so long, but the alliance between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has never been completed. The problem lies with Lord Ming Dynasty.
This time he came to the Duke of Wei's Mansion also to see if he could persuade the Dinghai Shenzhen among Lord Ming.
"Why did the Ming Dynasty form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty? What good would it do to the Ming Dynasty?" Wei Guogong asked Xiang Fan Wencheng.
Hearing this, Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Of course there are many benefits. With the support of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition, regain the lost land in the north, and eradicate the rebels like the Tiger Flag in one fell swoop. Aren't such huge benefits enough? ?”
"These things you mentioned are all a possibility! There is another possibility that you did not mention, but I can say it for you." Wei Guogong paused for a moment and continued, "The other possibility is that Ming Dynasty was in the Northern Expedition. In the process, you suffered heavy losses from the Tiger Character Banner, and even the south was lost. Because the Tiger Character Banner was restrained by the Ming Dynasty, your Qing Dynasty had the opportunity to break through the border areas and invade the hinterland of the Tiger Character Banner. The final result was It was the Ming Dynasty and the Tiger Banner that lost their troops at the expense of my wife, and in the end, you, the Qing Dynasty, got a big advantage."
Funing Hou on the side agreed: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty tried its best to go to the Northern Expedition, but in the end you got the advantage. Why! Are you really the only smart people in the world?"
"This is wrong." Fan Wencheng said, "The Qing Dynasty is willing to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty in order to help the Ming Dynasty and prevent the Ming Dynasty from continuing to be invaded by tiger thieves. Once the Tiger Banner army goes south, the Qing Dynasty will not dare to help the Ming Dynasty without me. Ask the Lord, how long can the Ming Dynasty survive?"
"Fart, how could the Ming Dynasty be destroyed!" Hou Ning raised his hand and slapped the table.
The lid of the tureen on the table was shaken, and the lid was misaligned with the rim of the cup, leaning against the cup below.
Fan Wencheng looked at Funing Hou and asked: "The Tiger Character Banner can capture the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Why does the Marquis think that they cannot capture the southern areas of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Impossible, do you really think that our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are just living for a living? As long as the Tiger Character Banner army comes, I will personally lead the army to attack them head-on." Funing Hou said loudly.
Fan Wencheng just smiled lightly when he heard this.
In his opinion, these words of Marquis Funing were a joke. If the Ming Dynasty was still so unclear, it would be unnatural to survive.
"What do you mean? Do you think what I said is ridiculous?" Hou Ning suddenly became angry when he saw the contempt on Fan Wencheng's face.
Seeing this, Fan Wencheng half-raised his arms and waved his hands, saying: "The Marquis has misunderstood. I don't think it's ridiculous. I also believe that the Marquis and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have this determination. But as far as I know, the most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty." The horses are all on the nine sides, and now the nine sides are gone. I wonder how many elite soldiers the Ming Dynasty will be able to use to deal with the Tiger Flag."
"There is certainly no shortage." Hou Ning obviously had no confidence when he said these words.
He, the Nanjing garrison, knew very well how bad the Nanjing soldiers were, but he just didn't want to lose face in front of Fan Wencheng, an envoy from the Qing Dynasty.
