The consul from Zhejiang arrived with the envoy from Zhoushan and reported to Deng Ming that Zhenhai had returned to the Ming army, and Zhang Huangyan was busy moving a large number of the eastern Zhejiang army from Zhoushan back to Zhenhai, and some of Zheng Xi, Zheng Zhan, and Gan Hui returned to the mainland with them. At the same time, Zhang Huangyan also wanted to ask Deng Ming to come forward to negotiate with Zheng Jing and return King Lu to the Eastern Zhejiang Army.

In this life, Zhu Yihai is still here, Zhang Huangyan constantly reports good news to King Lu, and Zhu Yihai, who was as depressed as Wen Anzhi, also survived. Not long ago, Zhang Huangyan sent envoys more times to tell Lu Wang Zhenhai that he was about to return to the Ming army, and he would soon have the opportunity to set foot on the land of the motherland again. However, Zheng Jing and his father suspected that Zhang Huangyan wanted to set up another son of heaven, so he hesitated and refused to return King Lu, and now Zhang Huangyan took in Zheng Jing and his gang, and the relationship with Zheng Jing was very bad, so he hoped that Deng Ming would come forward to persuade Zheng Jing to release him.

"If the national surname is here, he will definitely not let King Lu go to Zhenhai," although Zheng Jing has already called himself Zhu Jing, but except for his subordinates, everyone still regards "national surname Ye" as Zheng Chenggong's specific title, due to the internal strife of the Zheng family, Mu Tan, who is tall next to Deng Ming, has faintly exceeded the loyalty to Zheng Jing: "The national surname Ye wants to support the admiral as the emperor......" Seeing Deng Ming's brows, Mu Tan no longer continued to entangle on this topic:" However, now the king of Yanping (Yongli has officially recognized Zheng Jing's succession to the throne of the king of Yanping County and the rank of general and officer. I am afraid that after Zhang Shangshu established King Lu as the Son of Heaven, King Lu would take revenge on King Yanping because of his dissatisfaction with being under house arrest for all these years. ”

"How can you retaliate? Deprive the king of Yanping of his official titles and declare the king of Yanping a rebel? Deng Ming asked rhetorically, it is said that King Lu would not be dizzy to do such a thing, and the current King Lu and Zhang Huangyan are not the same pair for more than 20 years, and they have become mature and stable because of setbacks. This time, when Zhang Huangyan asked Deng Ming for help, he swore that he just wanted to see King En's land again, and would never try to support King Lu to provoke infighting in the Ming army again - Deng Ming believed in Zhang Huangyan's sincerity.

And Zhu Yihai is not the pampered and carefree son of the clan before, just from the fact that he can pass the throne to Deng Ming through Zhang Huangyan, it can be seen that King Lu has no intention of competing for the title - if the Zhejiang army becomes the largest force in the Ming army, maybe the thoughts of King Lu and Zhang Huangyan will be rekindled, but there is nothing to worry about now.

The biggest threat was Zheng Jing and Zheng Zhanxu, who, out of hatred for Zheng Jing, might have pushed King Lu to stand on his own, and then declared Zheng Jing a rebel and stripped the title of King of Yanping from Zheng Jing to Zheng Zheng. However, it is said that King Lu and Zhang Huangyan will not provoke Guilu infighting again for their personal grudges, and King Lu has no friendship with Zheng Xi and Zheng Zhanxu.

Ren Tang strongly agreed with Zhang Huangyan's proposal: "The Son of Heaven has been hunting in the south for many years, and all the people in the world are discouraged and disappointed. I think this is a very good thing, and it is also very beneficial to the great cause of the national government. ”

"When did the people become discouraged and disappointed?" Li Xinghan said angrily: "Guogong has conquered Jiangnan again and again, even if he was discouraged and disappointed before, he has already been reinvigorated, and King Lu is back, will Zhang Shangshu have any thoughts of supporting him in the future?" ”

"When the son is fine today, even if there is something unbearable, the East Palace is still there, why does Zhang Shangshu support King Lu? Zhenhai was obtained by Guogong, and King Lu only came back after he was safe, if he really wanted to return to his homeland, he could land by boat like Guogong, didn't Guogong land in Shandong with a few hundred people? Zhao Tianba's current status is far more than most of Li Dingguo's subordinate generals, and he even held the command of the Sichuan army on behalf of Deng Ming, and the scale of the army and the army that listened to his orders at that time were even larger than the Jin King's troops, but Zhao Tianba was still full of vigilance against King Lu: "Ah, by the way, this Zhenhai is just a projectile land, and Zhao Guozuo is not a trustworthy gentleman." Zhao Tianba turned his head to look at Deng Ming: "Guogong shouldn't agree to take King Lu back, this Zhenhai is not safe." ”

At this small-scale meeting of the Sichuan military, only Ren Tang agreed to help King Lu return to Zhenhai, Zhao Tianba was inclined to object, Mu Tan was undecided, Li Xinghan waited for Deng Ming's decision, and Zhou Kaihuang was silent, looking absent-minded, probably pondering the recipe at noon. This kind of matter involving the Ming clan Zhou Kaihuang has never cared much about, not long ago Wang Guangxing also sent a secret envoy to Chengdu, reporting that when Deng Ming Dong'an County Wang wanted to live in Chengdu, Zhou Kaihuang made an exception and said, "This needs to ask Hu Shuai, as well as the meaning of Nan'an Hou (Hao Shaoqi)." ”

Deng Ming got the news that this year, the king of Dong'an suddenly recognized himself as the prince of Chu - he suspected that there was also Gong Yan's credit in this, Zhu Shenglang may have just suspected it before, and it was probably Gong Yan who added fuel to the fire after hearing the rumors - and the king of Dong'an County also heard that the living conditions in Chengdu were much better than those in Fang County, so he hoped to move to the territory controlled by his family to enjoy the blessings.

"I will write to the king of Yanping." Deng Ming pondered for a moment and decided to help Zhang Huangyan with this: "If a person's wish is to return to the motherland, we have no reason to interfere, right?" ”

Of course, Deng Ming still sent a letter to Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Xi for the sake of safety, asking them to promise not to provoke trouble, and King Lu could only stay in Zhenhai honestly as a prince and not try to restore the status of the prison state.

The first reason for convening a meeting of senior military officers today is to find out through them the opinions of various factions on King Lu, and now Deng Ming only needs to ask these subordinates to understand the general views of the Ming army from all walks of life on one thing; And the second is to discuss with them Wu Sangui's new movements, for Deng Ming, the matter of King Lu is more important than Wu Sangui's letter, because King Pingxi is very far away from Deng Ming's range of activities, and Wu Sangui is a foreign enemy, and if the problem of King Lu is not handled properly, it may cause internal contradictions - if he does not agree to the return of King Lu, Zhang Huangyan may be dissatisfied, feeling that Deng Ming is wary of Chongming and Zhoushan, and he can't trust Zhang Huangyan's assurance.

"Wu Sangui sent a letter to Yang Ge again, and once again tested whether he could do it anyway, I think Wu Sangui couldn't help it." According to the time calculation, this letter was probably written by Wu Sangui after learning that the Central Army of the Qing Court had returned to Xuzhou from the Huaiyang battlefield, and until now Wu Sangui couldn't figure out what was going on with the Imperial Forest Army led by Yang Zai, so he wrote to Yang Zai vigorously to try to catch Yongli Tianzi and Ma Jixiang and Ma Shoufu through this line, but he didn't expect that his letters were all transferred to Chengdu and Kunming by Yang Zai.

After Li Dingguo saw the letter, he asked Yang Zai to try to contact the Son of Heaven and ask the Son of Heaven for his opinion on this matter, but Yang Zai strongly objected, saying that no matter what holy decree the emperor issued now, it was impossible to determine whether it was due to Yongli's original intention, and Yang Zai also used Yongli several times to send Bai Wenxuan and Deng Ming's retirement edict as an example, which made Li Dingguo have nothing to say. And Bai Wenxuan, Ma Bao, and He Jiuyi also echoed one after another, thinking that the meaning of the emperor and Shoufu was difficult to guess - they were embarrassed to say in front of Li Dingguo that it was unreliable at all, but behind the scenes they all had this view - seeing that everyone's attitude was so consistent, Li Dingguo, who was also a little disheartened with the emperor, did not insist on letting Yongli Qiangang be arbitrary, and he also admitted that it was difficult to say whether the holy decree was Yongli or reckless.

Wu Sangui once again reiterated his request, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would guarantee his status as a prince, and he hoped that he could also obtain a one-word king like the King of Jin, the King of Shu and Sun Kewang, which Wu Sangui said last time; And this time Wu Sangui is different from last time, he came up with a specific way to repay the effect, Wu Sangui said that he is willing to command the army to attack Hunan, first with me and the marshal of Kuidong to join forces to destroy Zhang Changgeng, after taking Hunan, he will hand over Guizhou to the king of Jin. ”

"Wu Sangui, this is hungry, right?" Zhao Tianba felt Wu Sangui's desire for Hunan from Deng Ming's words: "Hunan is rich in rice, most of Wu Sangui's thoughts are now full of grain, is he still suggesting sending troops in May and June?" ”

Deng Ming looked down at Wu Sangui's letter and nodded: "That's right, Wu Sangui suggested that I attack Hubei at the beginning of next year to attract Zhang Changgeng's attention to Hubei, and then he used this as a bargaining chip to ask the Qing court and Zhang Changgeng for a sum of money and military rations." After he gets this military ration, he will attack Hunan with the whole army at the end of April and early May, and then jointly solve Zhang Changgeng with us. Well, it is just right to go to Hunan in May, it will not affect the cultivation of Hunan, and it is time for the autumn harvest after eating the subsidy he cheated, Wu Sangui really made a good calculation. ”

"And Wu Sangui definitely thinks that it is easier to deal with Zhang Changgeng with us, and compared to the Huguang Green Battalion, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and Sun Yanling's feudal soldiers are obviously more difficult to deal with." Zhao Tianba continued: "So Wu Sangui will most likely keep his promise and hand over Guizhou to the King of Jin, so that the soldiers and horses of the King of Jin can go to Liangguang and Fujian to gnaw hard bones, and he will go to Jiangnan with us to eat meat." ”

"Isn't Wu Sangui's son still in Beijing?" Ren Tang asked: "Can the 100,000 troops under his command listen to him?" This is an army that has been raised by the Imperial Court for many years, and most of the Imperial Court has also spread its eyeliner among them and supported many factions, right? ”

"Wu Sangui doesn't care about a son, and he may find a way to get his son out of Beijing," Seeing the disbelief on his subordinates' faces, Deng Ming smiled and said: "Hugh wants to underestimate the king of Pingxi, this guy is ruthless and smart, he has endured in Guizhou for several years, I estimate that he has pulled out all the nails that the captives have placed in his army, and the people's hearts have been appeased." ”

As for the excuse, Deng Ming couldn't help but wonder if Wu Sangui would say that his concubine who stayed in Beijing, or his daughter-in-law (this possibility is relatively low) or his son's concubine was snatched away by Sony? Wu Sangui was angry at the pass, and hit the friendship pass from Shanhaiguan, and this time he was angry at the crown again, and he went back to Shanhaiguan from the friendship pass?