The first thing Su Tiancheng said, he and Zhu Xianxuan quickly formed a unified opinion, Zhu Xianxuan will also be ready, and after Yang Sichang comes to Dengzhou, he will do special work, hoping that Yang Sichang can stay in Dengzhou and be able to cheer for Su Tiancheng, although it is very difficult to do it to such a degree.

Zhu Xianxuan is about to start caring about another matter, I don't know what the other thing that Su Tiancheng thought of is, and whether it is also very important.

"The second thing is about Shandong, Jinan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, the geographical location is very important, relatively speaking, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, in the position of the sea, except for a small part of Qingzhou and Nanzhili connected, the rest of the places are in Shandong Province, which is also isolated from the outside world, such a geographical location, it is very unfavorable to us, especially we look forward to continued development, Jinan Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion can completely imprison us."

Zhu Xianxuan did not first care about the geographical location of Jinan Mansion and other places, but thought of Zhang Pu's problem.

"Kun Yuan, isn't Zhang Pu willing to be loyal, is there any problem?"

Su Tiancheng can only smile bitterly, Zhu Xianxuan is not wrong to say this, in Zhu Xianxuan's opinion, Dengzhou and the imperial court have completely broken, there is no scruples, if you don't obey the orders of the imperial court and don't obey the order, it is already a rebellion, but unfortunately the reality is not like this, even if it is a rebellion, you can't be too anxious.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I am still the Jiliao Governor of the Ming Dynasty, can I get support for the open rebellion."

Zhu Xianxuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood.

"Kun Yuan, I understand what you mean, so to speak. According to your opinion, Zhang Pu is attached, and there is really a problem in Shandong. ”

Zhu Xianxuan's cleverness made Su Tiancheng very happy, but it was a pity that he didn't fully understand what Zhu Xianxuan meant.

"Then tell me how we should deal with it."

"Kun Yuan. I'll just say what you mean, in this matter, we need to spend our minds, from the meaning of the imperial court, it is to adjust Zhang Pu, if Zhang Pu leaves Shandong, the imperial court appoints a new governor, it is very unfavorable to us, so the contradiction will be public. The new governor must absolutely obey the will of the imperial court, and even think of exercising jurisdiction over Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, so that conflicts will inevitably arise, and our plan for stable development will be frustrated. Judging from this situation, Zhang Pu must stay. Continue to be governor so that we can buy time, and the same is true on the Fujian side. ”

"Yes, that's what I'm thinking about, if our station is in Fujian, Yunnan, we don't need to spend so much effort. The imperial court whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and it can't manage so much, but the location of Shandong is too important, sandwiched between North Zhili and South Zhili, Jinan Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and North Zhili border. Yanzhou Mansion borders Nanzhili and Henan Province, such an important place, the imperial court will never sit idly by, once the contradiction erupts, the imperial court will inevitably do its best to attack, I am not afraid of the imperial court's attack, and I am confident that I will defeat the army sent by the imperial court, but I am worried about Liaodong and Datong. ”

Su Tiancheng sighed slightly, and continued.

"If the imperial court jumps over the wall in a hurry, and dispatches the border troops of Liaodong and Datong to come to the expedition, there will be a situation that no one wants to see, the imperial court, the Houjin Tartars and us, will form a melee situation, in this way, the most suffering is the common people, and the strength of the Houjin Tartars is strong, if they take this opportunity to occupy Liaodong, or even attack the capital, the blame for this will be on our heads."

"When the Liukou made a rebellion, the Houjin Tartars were happy, I am sure that the Houjin Tartars looked down on the Liukou, but the Liukou rebellion, so that the imperial court was exhausted, and the strength was greatly weakened, and the Houjin Tartars were desperate, and it was precisely because of the Liukou for many years that the famine occurred frequently, and the strength of the imperial court was greatly weakened, and the Houjin Tartars were able to occupy so many places in Liaodong, so that they could win one after another, and now the situation we encountered was surprisingly consistent with the previous years, if we fell into cannibalism, It's the Houjin Tartars who really get the benefits. ”

"I don't want to be in the current situation, but this is a last resort, if we exterminate the Houjin Tartar, there is no external threat, then I will definitely not be polite, not now."

Zhu Xianxuan also shook his head, he was not very satisfied with Su Tiancheng's choice, sooner or later he would rebel, sooner or later it didn't matter much, according to the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning battalion, according to the wealth of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, it was possible to defeat the imperial court.

Zhu Xianxuan also knew Su Tiancheng's plan, the battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, also adopted such measures, and after hibernation for many years, his wings were full, and he began to raise troops.

Zhu Xianxuan can almost calculate the steps planned by Su Tiancheng, first of all, to seek the ruling power of Shandong, Fujian and other places, and after strengthening his own strength, he still wants to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, and then asks to proclaim himself king, take advantage of the prosperity of the territory, to influence other places, and seek to overthrow the imperial court at the lowest cost.

But such an idea is too idealistic, and in Zhu Xianxuan's view, it is almost impossible.

"Kun Yuan, I understand what you mean, but what you do is almost impossible, according to my understanding, there are only two paths that can be taken, and there is no other way out."

"Which two paths?"

Although Su Tiancheng is a traverser, he is not so sure about this aspect of things.

"The first way, focusing on the overall situation, ostensibly obeying the emperor's will and the imperial court's edicts, striving to exterminate the Houjin Tartar in the shortest possible time, completely reduce external worries, and then consider the next step. But with such a choice, you are likely to encounter unexpected plots by the imperial court, which will greatly weaken the strength, the second way, the determination to split with the imperial court, everything is based on its own interests, whether it is the imperial court or the Houjin Tartars, they are all within the scope of extermination, and all you can choose is these two paths. ”

"As for saying that you want to be able to exterminate the Houjin Tartars first, and at the same time maintain a relaxed relationship with the imperial court, this is impossible, the emperor has already begun to do it, and even in order to exterminate you and the strength you belong to, he is willing to make peace with the Houjin Tartars, so that the Houjin Tartars can submit on the surface, in such a situation, can your so-called goal of peaceful coexistence be realized, do you think the imperial court will sit idly by and let you grow, if you attack the Houjin Tartars at the same time, the imperial court will send a large army to exterminate the Jiangning battalions stationed in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, How do you deal with it, if you don't get it right, you can't take care of both sides, and in the end you won't achieve anything. ”

"Kun Yuan, I know your wisdom, but in such a major matter, your consideration is a little biased, those who become big things are not informal, sometimes, what should be given up must be abandoned, the best of both worlds is good, under the premise of not being able to do it, don't think about it so much."

Su Tiancheng nodded, did not refute, all along, he has always taken a forbearant attitude towards the emperor and the court, how can it not be a manifestation of indecision, if it were not for Jiang Ningying so brave and outstanding, I am afraid that he would have been calculated by the imperial court a long time ago, Zhu Xianxuan is in the royal family, and he knows very well the cruelty of the power game.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, what choice do you think I should make?"

"You don't want to fall out with the emperor and the court for the time being, this aspect can be considered, the steady development of your own momentum, slowly expand your influence, and wait until one day, your strength is enough to deal with the impact from many aspects, it doesn't matter at that time, in fact, I think that it is very possible to achieve such a goal, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, the taxes that can be earned are amazing, with silver, everything is easy to do, I think your previous consideration is correct, plotting Shandong and Fujian, Next, Nanzhili, Zhejiang and other places in the middle of Shandong and Fujian are the focus of your seizure, once you master these places, I am afraid that the imperial court is trying to shake you, and it is impossible. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, don't think about exterminating the Liukou for the time being."

"That's true, you can't have it both ways, you can't do everything, you can't ask things to go completely according to your ideas, if you really make that choice, what awaits you will definitely be failure."

Listening to Zhu Xianxuan's words, Su Tiancheng fell into deep thought.

To seize power, it is necessary to move according to the times, and to use all favorable forces and factors, including the use of Houjin Tartar to involve the imperial court, this reason, Su Tiancheng is clear, and even more clear, but he is bent on exterminating the Houjin Tartars, this understanding is deep-rooted, and suddenly changing such a strategy is equivalent to basically changing the overall plan determined at the beginning of the crossing.

It is very painful to make such a choice.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Zhu Xianxuan continued to speak.

"At present, the most critical thing, I think there are two aspects, one is what you just said, to strive for Yang Sichang to come to Dengzhou, the second thing is to deal with the 30,000 troops stationed in Xuanzhou, this is a force that can not be ignored, if we can use it, Dengzhou in Xuanzhou, Fuzhou and other places, can be connected together, relying on these places, we occupy the most advantageous position, can threaten the capital, can also threaten Shenyang, and wait until we have enough strength, It is perfectly possible to attack on two fronts. ”

After a few minutes of silence, Su Tiancheng stood up.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, to be honest, it is really my reluctance to give up the extermination of the Houjin Tartars, but what you said is very reasonable, I will think about it seriously, at present, it seems that we first have to solve the problem of the 30,000 army led by Zhang Fengyi, and the second is to invite Yang Sichang to come to Dengzhou, and the most important thing is to try to let Zhang Pu continue to serve as the governor of Shandong to buy time for us."

Su Tiancheng didn't talk about the matter of exterminating the Golden Tartars, in fact, he had already made up his mind and was ready to change his previous strategy, as for what to do in the future, he still needed to think about it in detail and make the most difficult choice. (To be continued......)