Cheng Xiaolian said with a smile when he got the news: "Wu Shifan is still a little too petty, if Xia Guoxiang has the intention to rebel and cause chaos, what is the use of dismissing an auxiliary minister, if he has no intention of making trouble, at this juncture, he is removed from the official position of auxiliary minister, doesn't it make Xia Guoxiang have a different heart?" ”

Yang Youcai praised on the side: "It's still Your Majesty's strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, this move is considered to have cut off one of the arms of the Zhou Dynasty." ”

Cheng Xiaolian shook his head: "These are all conspiracies, and there is also a conspiracy, which should also be effective at this time." ”

On the second day after Wu Shifan dismissed the auxiliary minister of the Xia State, news came from Yunnan that the Ming army suddenly attacked Yunnan from Sichuan, and now the army in Yunnan has been defeated and retreated.

Wu Shifan couldn't help but stand up when he heard the news: "Yunnan? Didn't all the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty be sent out to fight the Manchus? Even if there are troops, they should be in central Hubei, how can they run to Yunnan? ”

"Your Majesty, according to the news from the disaster, the general who led the army is surnamed Mao, and according to our information, it should be Mao Youyi, the head of the Mao family. According to our information, he should be in Mongolia, but he ran to Yunnan somehow. ”

"Bastard, since the death of the first emperor, this iron harrier has been getting worse day by day, tell them that if such a thing happens again, they should all go home and farm."

Saying that, he looked angrily at the ministers present: "Do you have any good way to say it quickly, Yunnan is our foundation, if you lose my face, what face will you have to see the emperor!" ”

All the adults looked at each other, no one knew what to do, now Wu Shifan is angry, at this time, if the idea is good, it will be successful, if the idea is not good, Wu Shifan will be angry, I am afraid that they will have to worry about their lives, they are not the kind of royal relatives of Xia Guoxiang, it is better to keep quiet.

And since the Great Zhou stabilized in Jiangnan, they have taken all their families over, at this time to ensure that Yunnan has no impact on them, Yunnan is not the kind of tourist resort in later generations, this era is still a barbarian land far away from the emperor of the mountain, not only the transportation is inconvenient, nor is it a large grain-producing province, in their eyes there is no difference from chicken ribs, so there are few people really in a hurry.

Wu Shifan sneered: "What about Xia Guoxiang? ”

"Lord Xia has been infected with wind and cold since he left the palace yesterday, and he is recuperating in the house at this time."

"What is infected with wind cold, he has been fighting horses for many years, will he get wind cold? It's not that I'm not dissatisfied with the demotion of his official position. Speaking of this, Wu Shifan also felt a little speechless: "Don't you think every day that Xia Guoxiang controls the government, and now that your opportunity has come, I will let you replace him if you come up with a good idea!" ”

All the ministers know that the emperor is angry at this time, and what he says will definitely not count, saying that you will replace him, do you really dare to stand up, and are you not afraid that Xia Guoxiang will give you small shoes to wear when you turn around?

Seeing that none of these people stood up at the moment, Wu Shifan laughed angrily: "I have given you a chance, you are not angry, now I am going to the mansion of the Prime Minister of Xia to ask him to return to the court, if you talk to me about these useless things again, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

This is a bit hurtful, so I almost pointed my nose and scolded you bunch of waste, you can't do anything and you are villains every day.

A person suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

This person is the grandson of Fang Yizao, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and the son of Fang Guangchen, the secretary of the Great Zhou Rite Department, Fang Lanming.

This Fang Guangchen and Wu Sangui are friends who are irreversible, and they are the strategists that Wu Sangui relies on very much, but all smart people must leave a way back for themselves, this Fang Guangchen knows the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, since Wu Sangui died of illness, he said that he could not be sick, and he was recuperating at home.

Now that Fang Lanming has stood up, everyone is relieved, with Lao Shangshu behind his back, and he is afraid that Xia Guoxiang will not be able to wear small shoes, thinking of this, all the ministers have plans, and when Fang Lanming finishes speaking, no matter whether the idea is good or bad, everyone will follow and supplement, and when the time comes, Fang Lanming will be promoted to be everyone's leader, and he will break hands with Xia Guoxiang in the Ming place, and he will not believe that Xia Guoxiang can still cover the sky with one hand.

Wu Shifan looked at Fang Lanming and smiled: "Lord Fang has any good ideas, just say it." He knew in his heart that this Fang Lanming was even more straw than himself, and he had fallen into his father's prestige in vain, and now he stood up and got by, and his idea might not be very good, but it was always a good thing that someone in the court could compete with Xia Guoxiang, lest Xia Guoxiang's family be dominant, and Wu Shifan had to deal with him personally.

"The minister thinks that Yunnan is a barren land, and the Mao family is even more scabies. Why don't we take the initiative to give up Yunnan, and the Mao family will be the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether he occupies Yunnan or not, he will have a rift with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has no troops to take over Yunnan except for the Mao family's troops, let's deliberately give up this piece of cake to see if they dare to eat it! ”

Fang Lanming's bad idea is really too stinky, in modern terms, it is to give up his wife to catch hooligans, and give up his children to trap hungry wolves, no matter what, this loss is decided.

However, in the eyes of the ministers of the dynasty, this idea is really good, because in their eyes, Yunnan is not their homeland, second, it is not a prosperous place, and third, it is not an important pass.

So these people immediately began to respond: "Lord Fang is worthy of being the son of Fang Shangshu, and he has the wind of a father, so the Mao family will inevitably be roasted on the fire, and taking over Yunnan will arouse the suspicion of the Ming Dynasty, and if we don't take over our predicament, it will be self-defeating, a clever plan, a wonderful plan." ”

"That's right, Lord Fang's idea of surrendering without a fight is the highest level of the art of war."

Wu Shifan doesn't have too deep feelings for Yunnan, he has been with Wu Yingxiong in the capital as a hostage, and he didn't grow up in Yunnan, for him Yunnan is indeed a relatively chicken place, taxes can't help, and there are often some rebellions, but the idea of cutting his own land to provoke other countries is really a little difficult to accept, he is not too stupid, how does this idea sound like a bad idea.

But his ears are soft, and he can't stand the ministers all the ministers claiming to be good, and he wants to ask Xia Guoxiang's idea, but he feels that his face is a little inexplicable, he just demoted the official yesterday, and today he went to the government to ask for advice, doesn't it seem that he is a little too incompetent.

After considering the two phases, he finally decided to use Fang Lanming's strategy, anyway, that place was surrounded by barbarians, even if it was given to Daming, they would have to parry it for a while, and this big trouble would give Daming a headache.

(End of chapter)