Hearing Qian Shitang say this, especially when the accents of two of them were quite similar to Dayi Ningguo, I suddenly woke up. I have long heard that Dayi Ningguo and Sun Decheng have frequent contacts and close relations, could these four people be the envoys sent by Dayi Ningguo to congratulate Sun Decheng on his ascension to the throne and claim the throne?

If this is the case, through these four people, they should be able to find out some important situations in the Dayi Ning Kingdom, and they may be able to use them in the future!

When I told Qian Shitang, Lin Yi, and Jian Zheng about this idea, they all felt that it was very possible, and Qian Shitang said that he would be strictly interrogated after he went back, and strive to get something useful from them.

At this time, Lin Yicai came over and whispered to me that his grandfather Lin Zongyi, uncle Lin Qingliang, and Guo Song, the owner of Guojiazhai, had all come to Ningzhou and were waiting in the Xuanfu Envoy's Mansion.

I nodded happily, I can successfully recapture Ningzhou this time, Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai have made a great contribution, if it weren't for the hundreds of soldiers they selected and sent who can fight and are accustomed to fighting, I can't even think about whether they can recapture Ningzhou. The role they play is decisive!

Therefore, while instructing Qian Shitang to interrogate these four unidentified people as soon as possible, I immediately led everyone to speed up, and returned to the door of the Xuanfu Embassy in a short time.

In the meeting hall of the Xuanfu Embassy, I met Lin Zongyi and others who had been absent for several days.

Lin Zongyi and the others, who had been waiting in the hall for a long time, saw us come in, and immediately walked in front of me, Lin Zongyi held my hand hard, couldn't suppress his excitement, and smiled happily: "Master Li is really a genius!" In just a few days, Ningzhou was easily taken so quickly, and the situation in Yunnan was stabilized, and the people of Yunnan had great hope this time. ”

I hurriedly and humbly responded: "Lord Linbao praised, but I dare not be ashamed, if it weren't for the help of Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai, Lin Yidie's strange plan, and the big guys working together, I'm afraid that Ningzhou is still in the hands of Sun Thief!" The deep friendship between the lord of Lin Laobao and the lord of Guo Zhai, it is difficult for the lower officials to repay it for the rest of their lives! After speaking, I bowed deeply to Lin Zongyi, Guo Song and others.

Lin Zongyi, Guo Song and others didn't even dare to say it. After a period of greetings, after the big guy sat down, I lost no time in saying: "This time to quell the rebellion in Ningzhou, Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai have contributed a lot, and the court will definitely reward them heavily, maybe many children of the Lin family and the Guo family may be appointed by the court, which is also a matter of course." I think that no matter when the appointment of the imperial court comes down, I hope that they can stay and continue to contribute to the imperial court, so as to share my worries, and the two old gentlemen don't know what to do. ”

When Lin Zongyi heard this, he pondered for a moment and said slowly: "If I had my original thoughts, I would never have allowed them to come out and seek advancement, but now that Ningzhou is newly determined, the situation in various parts of Yunnan is still unclear, and many things are complicated. Besides, Master Li is a leader in the human race, an unborn hero, and our Lin family's children follow adults to do things, I am a hundred at ease, and I will never shirk and obstruct it. As long as the handsome can afford to look down on the children of the Lin family, and they have this idea, everyone can be driven by the handsome at will, and I have no opinion. Brother Guo, what do you think?"

Guo Song couldn't bear it anymore at this time, and when he heard Lin Zongyi ask, he stroked the thick gray beard under his chin, and said with a hearty smile: "You Brother Lin said so, aren't I the one who opens my eyes?" If you want me to say, our Guo family children can follow the adults, that is their blessing, young people don't come out to temper and temper, and they are lying at home and waiting for death, and there is no interest at all. Now that you have met the master, why do you still let them do nothing! Besides, we naughty and mischievous children don't know if they will accept it or not! Ha ha! Ha ha! ”

I hurriedly laughed and said: "Guo Laozhai master made fun of it, the children of the Lin and Guo families are all good men who stand up to the sky, I have long been red-eyed and hot-hearted, and I can't wait to accept all the orders, I'm afraid that you will not be willing to accept it!" ”

Lin Zongyi said thoughtfully: "As long as the children of the Lin family are driven by adults, it's just Lin Duo who wants to leave him behind." After all, he is also the eldest grandson of our Lin Jiabao, the heir of Lin Jiabao in the future, and the future affairs of the castle will depend on him to take care of it. Please forgive me for this! ”

As soon as I heard it, I knew that Lin Duo had no possibility of staying. Although I admire Lin Duo's talent very much and have the intention to reuse him, since Lin Zongyi said so, there are also very good reasons, and I can't force people to make it difficult.

I had no choice but to push the boat and say: "Lin Duo, as the heir of Lin Jiabao, really can't leave Lin Jiabao easily, since this is the case, I will no longer be reluctant." As for the others, I'll keep them all, so let's settle it. Rest assured, old gentlemen, I will not do any wrong to any of them. ”

Then I diverted the topic and asked the two old gentlemen to put forward some valuable suggestions on the future governance of Yunnan, and they also expressed some of their own ideas very sincerely, mainly punishing corruption, educating the people, developing border trade, and other pertinent opinions, and also mentioned the issue of reducing and reducing the tax burden, and I accepted them one by one without hesitation.

In the evening, I ordered the people to hold a banquet to warmly entertain Lin Zongyi, Guo Song and others, and all the high-level officials and the children of the Lin and Guo families participated. With the joy of victory, everyone gathered together, especially when the children of the Lin and Guo families heard that they had been allowed to stay in Ningzhou to play, they were even more emotional, and their excitement was indescribable.

At the end of the banquet, as soon as Lin Zongyi, Guo Song and others were sent away, a lieutenant came to report that through separate interrogation, the four suspicious businessmen had confessed one after another.

It's right with my guess, the four of them are the envoys sent by the Great Yi Ningguo, and they were going to come to congratulate Sun Decheng on his ascension to the throne, but I didn't expect it to happen suddenly, the situation in Yunnan has changed greatly, and these people can't get out easily, but they fell into our hands.

The first of them was Xun Zaluo (the official name of the Great Ngai Ningguo, in charge of the Ministry of Rites), and his main mission was not only to congratulate Sun Decheng on his claim to the king, but also to bring a secret letter from Yang Huaiying, the eldest son of Yang Ganzhen, the king of the Great Ngai Ningguo.

The specific content of the secret letter, Xun Zaluo is not very clear, probably it is to unite Sun Decheng to jointly crusade against Duan Siping, the envoy of Tonghai Jiedu, and divide the territory and population of Tonghai equally after the matter is completed, and the rest is not very clear.

Hearing this, I immediately ordered that Zaro be interrogated overnight, so that I could get more valuable information from him.

The thin, withered Xunzaro seemed to have suffered a lot, and when he saw us come in, he shivered with excitement, and his face was full of panic, and fear had made him lose all ability to resist.

In the face of our questions, especially after knowing that I was the new Yunnan Xuanfu envoy, he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, and explained everything he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Through Xun Zaro's explanation, my mind gradually became clearer. It turned out that Sun Decheng's contact with Dayi Ningguo had been going on for several years, and he had helped Dayi Ningguo to invade many territories around Tonghai, and successively obtained more than 1 million yuan in money, weapons, horses, cloth and other things from Dayi Ningguo.

The two sides agreed that after Sun Decheng ascended the throne and became king, Sun Decheng would concentrate 5,000 troops and horses to attack Tonghai from north to south, and contain most of the forces of Tonghai and its northern tribes. The Great Yi Ning State mobilized 50,000 living forces to launch an attack from west to east, taking Tonghai in one fell swoop with lightning speed, and completely cutting off Duan Siping's connection with other White Barbarian tribes, and if necessary, sweeping away the various White Barbarian tribes in the southwest.

On the surface, this plan seems to be good, but in my mind, it has no possibility of being implemented. Because within two years, the Great Yi Ning Kingdom will be completely destroyed in the hands of Duan Siping, which is the inevitable trend of history, and the development of things will not fundamentally change because of this.

Through these two days of understanding, I have already had a preliminary understanding of Tonghai's sphere of influence and troop deployment, the current Tonghai force is strong enough, although it is not enough to confront the Dayi Ning Kingdom head-on, but through its close ties with the various Baiban tribes in the southwest, the power of Tonghai is constantly strengthened.

Even if the plan of the joint operation of Dayi Ningguo and Sun Decheng can be carried out, Duan Siping, who has 20,000 fierce warriors, will not sit idly by. Tonghai is afraid that because of this, it will seize the initiative and rise strongly, and even the foundation of the Han in Yunnan will be shaken, and it is not impossible to be expelled from Yunnan, which is the last thing I want to see.

Back in the council chamber, I'm still frowning, and that's not a small problem! Tonghai's strength is big, and it's not something I want to see. Although he knew that Duan Siping would be able to successfully take over the Great Yi Ning Kingdom, the impact he had afterwards was not trivial.

Two years later, Duan Siping will unify most of Yunnan, and Duan Siping, who is eloquent and strategic, how can he allow our Han to intervene in Yunnan, and it is very likely that he will meet us in battle at that time, and we will not be able to fight at all with our strength.