For several years, Zu Zepu has been an unwavering suppressor, which has not only earned him a good reputation, but also made many people who also have a hard-line stance like him. Now the sudden defection will not only not make the southeastern moderates who hold the favor regard him as his own, but will make those original allies dislike him and regard Zu Zepu as a villain traitor.

Obviously, Zu Zepu couldn't get any benefit from the defection, but he still tried his best to hold the soothing without hesitation, so Sonny knew very well that he must be in great trouble, so he sincerely hoped that the soothing proposal would succeed.

"Zu Zepu is afraid that he thinks Jinan can't hold it, right?" Sony speculated that Zu Zepu was now vigorously advocating Zhao'an Deng Ming, obviously fearing that if the contract could not be reached, he would encounter great dangers, such as losing his territory and being punished by the imperial court. Aside from this reason, Sony couldn't think of any danger that would make Zu Zepu not care about suddenly switching sides.

Originally, Ao Bai also thought that Zu Zepu was simply fighting for merit, and he still despised him in his heart, no matter how close his godson was, he couldn't compare with his own son, and besides, Prince Kang was surnamed Aixin Jueluo, even if the auxiliary minister did not have a very good relationship with him, he had to shout honestly in front of Jie Shu: "The slave knocks to see the master". It's like two dogs fighting for a bone, people can watch and laugh from the side, but the dog and the young master grab the bones, the servants don't dare to look at the young master's jokes, they must take the bones out of the dog's mouth, and then respectfully offer them to the young master's mouth, even if it is a cousin, the young master can also have this treatment.

However, now Ao Bai also thinks that Sony's analysis is correct, Deng Ming most likely landed in Shandong, and Zu Zepu was mostly a fiasco in the battle of Jiaoshui River, maybe he has lost all his supervision and Shandong promotion, otherwise he would not be so desperate to defend Jinan, so that he begged the court for peace regardless of it.

"Now there are still 20,000 troops in Dengzhou Mansion, surrounding more than 100,000 henchmen of Yu Seventh and other thieves. At present, Deng Ming has occupied the gray port post and is heading towards Qingzhou Mansion. Zu Zepu did not report that the capital of Qingzhou Mansion was in distress, in addition to boasting that he had won consecutive battles, he also said that he had left elite soldiers and strong generals in Qingzhou Mansion City, and guarded the city as impregnable. However, this letter was issued after Zu Zepu returned to Jinan, so it is logical for Ao Bai to speculate that Deng Ming was marching to Qingzhou.

Not long ago, Zu Zepu went to Qingzhou. If Qingzhou was not in danger, or if it was really impregnable, then Zu Zepu would definitely have to sit there to show the imperial court that he was not afraid of a strong enemy like Deng Ming, and that he would take responsibility for the defeat in the first battle of Jiaoshuihe and make meritorious contributions to the crime - Zu Zepu could not believe that the imperial court really believed that he had won, and that the battle line would retreat since ancient times. His recital only gave the court a step down, and gave the court a reason not to punish him immediately. But Zu Zepu ran back to Jinan from Qingzhou to play, indicating that he felt that Qingzhou could not be defended, and he had to return to Jinan before Deng Ming attacked, otherwise he would have one more charge of escaping, or simply die in Qingzhou City.

"Zu Zepu thinks that if Deng Ming attacks Jinan, he will definitely be martyred," Su Ke Saha continued to say with Aobai, these little tricks of the old Liao army they are all too familiar with, Guanning Tieqi was playing with their Chongzhen Ye in this way, but I didn't expect that now feng shui is turning, and it is changed to play with Manchurian Taijun: "He must have lost all the supervision and promotion of Shandong, and he couldn't relieve the siege of Dengzhou's army, and he couldn't hold Jinan even for a short period of time." In a hurry, he shouted that he would either send him reinforcements immediately, or simply negotiate peace, and after negotiating peace, he could slow down Deng Ming's offensive. ”

"Then let Zu Zepu and Deng Ming negotiate peace." Sony made a decision. Isn't it Deng Ming's repeated plan to delay the army? Deng Ming's expression in this regard can no longer be described as mentally retarded, but even the reaction of ants is not as good as that. This bizarre phenomenon made Sony and Ao Bai a little puzzled, when they broke into the Koukou, they also met Shanxi soldiers and horses to negotiate peace, and gave the Qing army money and food to buy a peace.

But Sonny and others all think that Deng Ming should be different from the Houjin bandits, at that time the Houjin was just for money, and Deng Ming was declared by the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty to be the Ming clan of Tong Suo without bullying, he must have a higher pursuit than the Houjin officers and soldiers, right? Besides, if Deng Ming's strength is so strong, then why doesn't he simply seize the territory and collect taxes himself, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty also changed plunder to conquest after they had the ability to rule the Guannai region. In other words, Deng Ming is indeed not strong enough, and like Houjin, the goal is to get rich rather than restore the country, so there will be such a situation. But if Deng Ming's strength was insufficient, how did he defeat the Manchu army in a row? And now that the Ming army can confront the central army of the Qing court, can this still be regarded as insufficient strength?

The more they couldn't understand it, the more Sony suspected that there was a conspiracy in it. It's just that several auxiliary ministers don't know very well that Deng Ming's interest in agricultural taxes is not very great, and he only collects a little tax for the peasants who work hard and endlessly argues with the gentry, and Deng Ming feels that this kind of income is too pitiful compared to monopolizing business. If you want to seriously squeeze the peasants to collect agricultural taxes, although there are few people in Sichuan, Deng Ming can definitely squeeze out more taxes than Huguang. However, if you want to extract a high proportion of taxes in the southeast, if you don't reform, the people will not be able to make a living, and the reform will be unanimously resisted by the gentry to the officials to the clans and village heads. Although selling bonds in the southeast governor is not as good as collecting taxes by yourself, it saves trouble and effort, and you do not need to bear the administrative expenses and the cost of popular support.

It's just that now that the governor of Shandong is calling for pitiful, and the Qing court can't conjure up a support army to send to him, so he has no choice but to learn the strategy that everyone in the world is using against Deng Ming to delay the army, at least to keep Jinan first--now that it is confirmed that Deng Ming has landed in Shandong, whether it is Zu Zepu in Jinan, or Sony, Aobai, and Suke Saha in Beijing, they all think that Deng Ming must have brought a strong army, and it will also be the most elite part of the Ming army in this Eastern Expedition.

After giving Zu Zepu the power to act cheaply, Sony and others discussed how to deal with the crisis situation in Shandong. It is impossible to continue to send troops from Zhili, and Jieshu and Kupilon have already taken many of Zhili's soldiers and horses. If the army is sent to Shandong again, then Zhili should sing the empty city plan. Moreover, Deng Ming ran to the inner side of Bohai Bay this time, who dares to say that he will not suddenly land near Tianjin again?

It looks like the only way to bring back Jieshu's army. Now Sony is very dissatisfied with Curb Pilon and Li Guoying, Deng Ming has disappeared, and you are still stunned there. On the opposite side, only Kuidong and Chongming, these Deng Ming's allies dare not fight, this courage is inevitably too small, and you still have the face to urge the southeast governor to send reinforcements to you. Even if Jie Shu is a fledgling child, his biggest ability is to scare the auxiliary minister with the "Kangxi" case. But the two of you are so old that you don't even notice that the other party's main force has disappeared.

The dispute between the young master and the dog now seems to be the truth, and it turns out that this bone does belong to Zu Zepu.

"Maybe you can beat the Kui Dongjun first, and it always doesn't hurt to cut off some of Deng Ming's wings." Since Deng Ming, a strong enemy, was not in Jiangnan, and the attention to the battle situation in Jiangnan suddenly went to Shandong, Suke Saha thought that this was a good opportunity to strike at the Ming army: "Deng Ming used Kui Dong and Chongming thieves as bait to attract our attention, and now if we hurriedly return to Shandong, it will be that we are running back and forth in vain, Deng Ming saw that the situation was not good, and we still couldn't catch him." ”

"Yes, these baits should be eliminated first," Aobai agreed. Over the years, the Kuidong Army and the Chongming Army have also become stronger and stronger under the protection of Deng Ming, although Beijing does not know that Kui Dong has more armor than Li Dingguo, but it is also estimated that their strength is many times better than five years ago: "And maybe this is Deng Ming's intention, he wants to use us to cut off dissidents, so that he can unify Sichuan." I heard that Wanxian is still in the hands of Kuidong thief Yuan Zongdi, for a piece of fat so close to his territory, Deng Ming must be eyeing it, right? ”

Hearing Ao Bai say this, Suke Saha was stunned: "Then let's hit the Kuidong thief and the Chongming thief hard, okay?" ”

"Of course, and it's an opportunity to come to your door." Sony made the final decision: "But I heard that Yuan Zongdi didn't come?" Then let Kubilong take the Chongming thief as the first goal, and give priority to eliminating Ma Fengzhi's soldiers and horses as much as possible, so that Liang Huafeng also has a chance to recover Chongming; And the Kui Dong thief is naturally able to destroy as many as he wants, but it is necessary to properly let some people go, and tell them that Deng Ming has leaked the word in Shandong, saying that his friendly forces in Jiangnan are weak, and we can see the flaw. ”

"Just to make Kui Dong Thief think that Deng Ming wants to borrow a knife to kill people?"

"Yes, but we can't say that openly, we can't say that Deng Ming is making a big fuss, otherwise they will be suspicious, if we say that it is the news that Deng Ming accidentally leaked, they will think so." Sony also thinks that Deng Ming may indeed have the intention of killing people with a knife, but of course the Qing court has no obligation to keep it secret for him, if Yuan Zongdi and others can be separated from Deng Ming, at least they are wary of each other, then of course it is better for the Qing court.

In the end, it is still the question of how to appease Jieshu, or that principle, since the young master wants to gnaw the bones in the dog's mouth, of course, the dog's grievances are not considered at all. The Auxiliary Minister intended to declare Deng Ming to be afraid of Jieshu's prestige, and to leave his friendly army and flee to Shandong. In the near future, Prince Kang will lead a large army to conquer Shandong, in order to wipe out the name of Liukou Deng in one fell swoop.

When he had written a document to announce the world and went to the Empress Dowager for sealing, the Auxiliary Minister sent an envoy to Shandong to once again test whether Deng Ming might accept the peace talks.

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