Jingshi, the Forbidden City, the East Warm Pavilion of the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Ci'an put down the telegram in his hand, glanced at the ministers of military aircraft kneeling outside the bead curtain and muttered silently, the telegram was sent by Yi Zhishu from Maguan of the Wa Kingdom, pleading for an order to attack the Kyoto of the Wa Kingdom and capture the puppet Wa King.

There is no doubt that once the order is given, the war against the Japanese will start, and what she is entangled in her heart is whether to increase the number of troops? Yi Zhi's content call before, to ensure that the righteousness is bright, Yi Xun called, counting the benefits of the Eight Banners New Army attacking Kyoto, she was really a little moved, the constitutional deadline is approaching, whether it is the court or the emperor now need to establish prestige, this is undoubtedly a rare opportunity.

However, she was still a little worried, after all, the Beiyang Naval Division was far from being the opponent of the Nanyang Navy, and the cable telegraph was also in the hands of Yuan Qi, and these forty or fifty thousand troops were scattered to the Japanese State, and there was a danger of losing control.

The room was quiet, and the sound of the self-striking clock ticking and ticking could be clearly heard, and the old god of Sushun was kneeling on the ground, not only was he not in a hurry but was a little excited, Ci'an was silent for a long time, which showed that he was tempted, but he was still hesitating and weighing.

After a while, Ci'an slowly spoke: "The pseudo-Japanese king's statement is just chasing the wind and catching shadows, and it is appropriate to order to attack Kyoto and capture others into Beijing?" ”

Hearing this, Su Shun's heart tightened, what do you mean? Is this not in favor of attacking Kyoto? Without waiting for him to ponder, Wen Xiang was already the first to speak: "Back to the Queen Mother, Yuan Qi is already ready to fight, and the words of the pseudo-Japanese king are just an excuse to send troops to fight, even if the court has no will, Yuan Qi will still send troops." ”

Ci'an didn't understand this truth, Yi Zhishu asked the court to make an order, but it was just to protect the face of the court, she said slowly: "The general of the Ping Wa Dynasty, Yi Xun, please use the Eight Banners New Army to conquer Kyoto, is this matter appropriate?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother." Su Shun hurriedly said: "Kyoto is the capital of the Japanese Kingdom, and the capture of the imperial court soldiers and horses can demonstrate the military prestige of the new imperial army, and it is also conducive to consolidating the rule of the Japanese kingdom in the future. ”

Ci'an said slowly: "The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and the new army is the foundation of the imperial court, but we can't afford to lose it." ”

"Back to the Queen Mother." Su Shun's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly said: "The Japanese country has been closed to the country for a long time, and the firearms of the Japanese army are still at the level of a hundred years ago, they are still front-loading rifled guns, and the artillery is also old front-loading bronze cannons, which can be said to be worlds different from the firearms equipped by our new army. ”

Ci'an said quietly: "Although Yi Xun is a general of the Ping Wa, after all, he has not experienced large-scale actual combat, and he does not have a thorough understanding of the situation of the Wa Kingdom, so it may be difficult to take on the heavy responsibility .......of attacking Kyoto independently." ”

What do you mean? Change of coach? Su Shun was happy in his heart, this is not just about to doze off, someone sent a pillow, Yi Xun is really not suitable, to say that the most suitable candidate should be the monk Greenqin, not only has been on the battlefield for a long time, but also intersects with Yi Zhicontent, and he is the most ideal to lead the army to defeat the Japanese.

This thought was just a flash, and he immediately became vigilant, how could there be such a good thing? Do you know that this is not Ci'an's intentional temptation? After all, Yi Xun is the cadre of the emperor's family, and Ci'an can rest assured that he will hand over the military power to the monk Grinqin, who has a good relationship with Yuan Qi and King Gong? But we must not fall short.

He didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly said: "Talents are all experienced, although Prince Alcohol has no actual combat experience, but he has also commanded the army for many years, and besides, changing the commander in battle is also a taboo for soldiers. ”

Before the words fell, the newly Jin military aircraft, Li Tangjie, an old minister who had gone through the Daoguang, Xianfeng, and Qixiang dynasties, spoke: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored, and must not be careless."

Although the ministers do not know the soldiers, but also know that since ancient times, the weak defeated the strong, and the examples of winning more with less abounded, how can they be despised because of the backwardness of the Japanese army and firearms, the large population of the Japanese country is a battle of life and death, both occupy the people and the geographical advantage, and must not underestimate the enemy. Besides, how can the army rely on Yuan Qi everywhere and everywhere?

Although the prince of alcohol is a long time in military affairs, but has not tried to lead the army in actual combat, Wei Chen secretly thought that when appointing an experienced and capable general to assist, the monk king turned to the north and south, experienced a hundred battles, is a well-known general recognized by the government and the opposition, Wei Chen recommended the monk to lead the troops to the Wa country to assist. ”

What do you mean? Su Shun Yileng, this Li Tangjie is an old minister who has just recovered, but a person from the emperor's family, he said this honestly? Or was it at the behest of Tzu An?

Listening to Li Tangjie's words, Ci'an was also very surprised, Monk Greenqin not only has a close personal relationship with Yi Zhixiang, but also walks close to Gong Wang Yixun, otherwise he is the best commander of the war, think about it carefully, Li Tangjie's words are not unreasonable, for the Japanese country, this is a battle of life and death, although the Japanese army and firearms are backward, this war is afraid and may not be as easy as expected.

After all, Yi Xun has no actual combat experience, if there is any mistake in the tens of thousands of troops, it is a small matter to lose the face of the imperial court, and it is a big matter to shake the foundation of the imperial court, so simply do not increase the troops, and let Yi Xun lead the troops to attack the four countries?

Thinking of this, she was a little unwilling, Shikoku is just a small island, and it is entrenched in a strong domain in Tosa, saying that it is a strong domain, but in fact it is not as good as Choshu and Satsuma, and then she thought that it is not a good thing for Monk Gelinqin to lead the troops to fight against the Japanese country, one is conducive to the war against the Japanese, and the other is also conducive to the reintegration of the Eight Banners New Army of the Beijing Division.

This can be described as killing two birds with one stone, but Monk Greenqin has a very high prestige in the Eight Banners New Army, and she has to guard against Yiyun being set up by him, and after thinking for a while, she said: "Xuansheng Greenqin has an audience." ”

Do you really agree with Monk Greenqin to lead reinforcements? Su Shun didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a while, and the things he faintly felt were completely different from what he imagined.

Maguan, Chunfan Building.

Cao Gensheng walked into the room quickly and reported: "The big treasurer, the Jingshi has called, the imperial court has issued an order, and the monk Lingqin led 20,000 troops to Fukuoka, and the edict came with the army. ”

Let the monk Grinqin lead the troops? Yi Zhishu was quite surprised, and said: "I can't see it, the Queen Mother is also quite courageous......" ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zhao Liewen said slowly: "The relationship between the monk king and the big shopkeeper is well known to the government and the opposition, if the court is at ease with the monk king, the monk king will have been appointed as the general of the Ping Wa long ago." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, and then waved his hand, "We don't care about the mess in Jingshi, the top priority is to destroy the Wa Kingdom first, and the monk king will lead the troops to come, at least it will be conducive to the war of exterminating the Wa Kingdom." ”

Zhao Liewen said tentatively: "Is Jingshi a reminder?" ”

Yi Zhishu teased: "They are all masters who are more refined than monkeys with hair, do you need us to remind them?" ”

Seeing that it was a slit in the conversation, Cao Gensheng continued: "The big treasurer, there is also a call from Edo, Sakai Tadashi begs the former Ma Seki to see him." ”

Tadashi Sakai came to visit? Yi Zhishu glanced at Zhao Liewen and said with a smile: "Huifu guesses his intention ........" ”

Zhao Liewen pondered and said: "I think the shogunate has already seen through our intentions, and Sakai Tadanori should have come here to try his best to ease the situation and avoid the outbreak of war." ”

Yi Zhishu turned around and said, "Call back, agree." As he spoke, he lit a cigarette casually, got up and walked to the window, and said slowly: "Let's spread rumors to question the cause of the death of King Xiaoming and question the authenticity of King Meiji, it is not difficult for the shogunate to judge that we are going to annex the Japanese kingdom."

However, since Motoki had a huge interest in the Wa Kingdom, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki had a huge amount of indemnity, the shogunate must have misjudged that we would not launch a large-scale war of aggression against the Japanese, and Sakai Tadanori came to ....... perhaps for another purpose. ”

In the Maguan Strait, three steam-sail hybrid warships sailed into the port quickly in the wind and waves, and on the bow, the monk Greenqin, who was over fifty years old but still strong and stocky, looked at the simple port wharf and said with a smile: "I thought that the place where Yi Guocheng stayed should be quite prosperous and rich, but I didn't expect it to be so dilapidated, not to mention compared with Tianjin, even compared with Dalian, it is far behind." ”

Behind him, Yi Zeng, who accompanied him, said with a smile: "The monk king also lifted this horse pass, the city of the Changzhou Domain, not the main city, how can it be compared with Tianjin and Dalian." ”

Monk Lingqin said: "Didn't you say that this is the designated place of Yi Guocheng? ”

"It was indeed appointed by the King of Zhengnan." Yi Zeng said: "But no one knows why it is designated here, I think it is for military considerations, this is a rare place for soldiers in the Japanese country." ”

While the two were talking, the battleship had already entered the port, Yi Zeng's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw Yi Zhishu and his group at the dock to greet him, and hurriedly pointed: "King Zhennan has come to the dock to greet him." As he spoke, he smiled, "It's still the face of the monk king, General Yi came, and the king of Zhennan didn't greet him, and he was still welcome to the dock." ”

Monk Greenqin's heart was hot, and he said softly: "This guy misses the old ........" ”

The battleship docked, and as soon as the pedals were laid, Monk Greenqin jumped ashore quickly, and said with a smile: "Didn't you expect that we still have a time to fight together." ”

"I really didn't expect that the imperial court would rest assured that you would lead the army to come." Yi Zhishu smiled: "I didn't dare to order this time. As he spoke, he smiled and asked, "How did you come so quickly?" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid of missing a military intelligence fighter." Monk Lingqin said: "As soon as I received the order, I hurried out of Beijing, and let the fastest boat rationed by the sailors rush over, and it may take three days for the troops to arrive." ”

"The military situation is not so urgent." Yi Zhixiang smiled: "Don't say a few years, go, and get drunk today." ”

Back at Chunfan Building, the banquet has been prepared, the two of them sat down, Yizeng didn't dare to go to the table, stood aside with a pot and waited, and drank a glass in one gulp, Monk Greenqin pouted, "What kind of wine is this, it's as light as cold and white." ”

"The sake of the Wa country." Yi Zhishu smiled: "If you want to drink it, let's change the burning knife?" ”

"It's sake again, and it's burning knives again." Monk Lingqin said dissatisfiedly: "Don't tell me that there is no good wine. ”

"There is really no need to burn knives, but there is no shortage of good wine." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile, and then beckoned people to change to Yanghe Daqu wine, three glasses of wine down, and Monk Lingqin said with concern: "Will you encounter fierce resistance when attacking Kyoto?" ”

"It seems that if I don't make it clear to you, I can't drink properly." Yi Zhishu put down his wine glass with a smile and lit a cigarette before he said slowly: "In the battle to destroy the country, how can the resistance not be fierce?" Although the Wa Kingdom was backward in armament, it had a large samurai class. ”

As for the situation of the Wa Kingdom, Monk Lingqin only seized the time to learn about it in the past few days, and he didn't know it in detail, so he immediately asked: "How many warriors are there?" ”

"Including the ronin, that is, the samurai who have broken away from the feudal clan and lost their fortune and wandered around without a fixed place, as large as six or seven hundred thousand people." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The Wa State implements a system of separation of soldiers and peasants, and the samurai are the privileged class of the Wa State, and they do not produce, similar to the banner people.

The samurai of the Japanese Kingdom have strong discipline and obedience, and can be said to be born soldiers, and they also advocate the spirit of bushido, emphasizing death without remembrance, death without scruples, and death without hesitation. ”

Monk Greenqin pursed his lips indifferently, drained the wine in the cup in one gulp, and then said, "I want to see if my knife is fast, or their necks are hard." Saying that, he smiled, "It's not that the knife is fast, but the gun is fast, no matter how fierce you are not afraid of death, you are also a live target in front of our new rifles." ”

"Don't underestimate the enemy." Yi Zhizhi glanced at him and said, "This battle of exterminating the Japanese may exceed your expectations. ”

Monk Lingqin didn't answer this, and after signaling Yi Zeng to continue drinking, he said, "Why did you let us attack Kyoto?" Wasn't the previous plan Shikoku? ”

"Changed my mind." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "My striker played Choshu and Satsuma, killing Yingye, which was quite criticized, I want you to fight Kyoto and kill him ....... a bloody pestle." ”

Monk Lingqin smiled when he heard this, "Could it be that you want to make the new army of the imperial court bear a bad reputation?" ”

"Of course not." Yi Zhizhi glanced at Yi Zeng and said: "This time the war is to destroy his country, destroy his species, and the weight of killing must be unheard of, and we must bear the notoriety, and we will carry it together." ”

"Isn't it just murder, and it makes me think all the way." Monk Lingqin said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, I will definitely kill Kyoto....... Bloody pestle! Then build a few of his super-large-scale Beijing temples. ”

"Now that all the doubts in my heart are gone, I can drink with confidence, right?" Yi Zhizu raised his glass and said, "If there is anything you don't understand, if you are confused, just ask." ”

"Drink! Drink! Today is a drunken party. Monk Lingqin said, raised his glass and drank it all.

Yi Zhi's contentment to change the plan and let the Eight Banners New Army attack Kyoto, Yi Zeng has always been unable to figure it out, those high-sounding reasons, he really doesn't believe it, and now listening to this explanation, his heart is finally down-to-earth, and he filled the wine glass for the two of them, and then he smiled: "It's like a strongman joining the gang and paying the ...... to vote." ”

Vote for a name? Yi Zhizu glanced up at him, pointed at him and said with a smile: "I have seen it thoroughly, the metaphor is also appropriate, and it is still a vote!" ”

Monk Greenqin said with a smile: "There is a merit in capturing the capital of a country, and we are not unjust in this vote!" ”