The spring breeze blew away the frozen northern country and also blew the dissatisfaction of the Yingtian court. As April approached, the court, who had not obtained any advantage in the lawsuit against Zhu Di, issued three imperial edicts in a row urging Li Jinglong, who had been in Dezhou for a winter, to march into Peiping.

The emperor made axes, flags, and seals, and gave them to Li Jinglong, and ordered him to "specialize the expedition". However, Zhu Yunwen's favor drifted away. When the eunuch passed through the Yangtze River, his ship was overturned by a strong wind. For a moment, people were panicked and believed that this was the punishment of the court.

But Zhu Yunwen was unmoved and made another move, stubbornly sent someone to give it to Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong was in a dilemma when he received these favors. After a winter of replenishment, Li Jinglong had another 400,000 troops, plus the 100,000 troops in Ping'an, Zhending City, and a total of 500,000 troops were ready for combat.

Now he has made meritorious contributions. Faced with the court's urging, he had to make an agreement with Ping'an to advance together several times. After receiving Ping'an's reply, Li Jinglong finally delayed until the fifth day of the April 19th, and led his troops out of Dezhou and headed towards Beiping.

At the same time, Zhu Di's envoy passed through layers of blockades and knocked on the gate of the Liao Palace with letters. The man's name was Liao Yi, who was Zhaomo of the Yan Palace.

When the doorman knew the identity of the visitor, he was so scared that he didn't dare to come out. He hurried into the mansion to report to Yang Rong. Yang Rong was also very surprised. He ordered someone to take Liao Yi to the side hall to wait, and immediately find Zhu Zhi to report.

Zhu Zhi asked inexplicably: "What does the Fourth Brother mean? Do you want to make peace with me? If it is to recount the brotherly relationship, my word Zhu can be written upside down. Do you think you should take the letter to read it? Learn what the Fourth Brother is going to do?"

Yang Rong pondered for a moment and said, "I think that the letter written by King Yan is related to the current situation. According to the intelligence on the southern front, the court has been instigating Li Jinglong to march. He may be worried that His Highness will be attacked from the frontier at this time."

Zhu Zhi was puzzled: "Even if he was worried that I wouldn't use this method, would he really feel that there is still a price to talk about with me? Or did he really think I would accept his price? If it was bargaining.

I don't have to look at it. He must have said that after things are done in the future, he will share the world equally with me. Haha."

Yang Rong also smiled and said, "This trick is useful to King Ning, but it is useless to Your Highness no matter what. I think King Yan would not know this. Then the only possibility of his approach is to make the court and Your Highness suspicious of each other."

Zhu Zhi said: "That's strange. Is he so sure that this matter will be known to the court?"

Yang Rong said: "Haha, what's the problem? As long as your highness handles it improperly. He just sends people to the capital to blow some wind to let the court know."

Zhu Zhi nodded. He really didn't expect this. Yes, what a simple thing, it's not easy to harm you. He said again: "It's better to just seal the envelope and grab the visitor and send it to the capital, so that the court can give it a break.

I don't want to have anything to do with my fourth brother."

Yang Rong said: "It's so good. But I still have an idea to make your Highness make a fortune."

Zhu Zhi said: "What's your thought?"

Yang Rong said: "The day before yesterday, Lord Guo sent this year's fiscal budget, which looked really shocking. The military pay alone costs 1.3 million taels of silver.

The total expenditure is 2.7 million taels of silver added together. Currently, Liaodong's income is only 1.8 million taels of silver. With the 500,000 taels of silver from the court, there is still a gap of 400,000 taels of silver this year. The opportunity is now.

Your Highness can ask the court for money.”

Zhu Zhi said inexplicably: "At this time, we take people to the court. It would be nice if the court doesn't blame him. How could we expect money?"

Yang Rong smiled evilly: "Your Highness, tell me, what is the court most afraid of now and what is the most important place to rely on?"

Zhu Zhi said: "You mean, the imperial court is most afraid of the fourth brother and I join forces? It relies on Liaodong's troops to restrain Peiping?"

Yang Rong said: "Yes, that's true. I think Huang, Qi and others were afraid of the confluence of Yan and Liao in their dreams. So on the one hand, His Highness could send the envoy of the King of Yan and the letter to Yingtian intact.

On the other hand, the report complained to the court, saying that Liaodong’s economic pressure was so great that it needed more food and money. Whether it was complaining or threatening, it was actually just to reveal a meaning: if Liaodong tries its best to help the court seek rebellion, then use the money.

With the actions of the King of Yan in front of him, the court will definitely weigh the importance. I think the money can be easily received.”

Yang Rong made sense. The situation in the court is tense now, so he may not dare to treat him. Zhu Zhi thought about it and asked again: "The King of Jin and King Dai were both recruited back to the capital some time ago.

If we do this, what should we do if the court is angry and send someone to announce my way to Beijing?"

Yang Rong laughed: "Your Highness, you have been worried too much. The court should recruit any princes and dare not recruit him. Last time, His Highness killed Yang Wen, but the court did not dare to let anyone go.

From this, I have already tested the depth of the court, they are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. King Jin was incompetent, so how dare the court expect them to compete with King Yan? Your Highness is different. Your martial arts are well known to everyone in the world.

The battles between Shanhaiguan and Shahe were the only two defeats since the Jingshen of King Yan.

No matter how stupid the court is, they will never be confused. At this moment, Your Highness is no longer the biggest disaster in the court. Moreover, the Liaodong Army is only the point of His Highness’s whip, and only Your Highness has the ability to compete with the King of Yan.

Although Huang, Qi and others were jealous, they did not have the courage to replace His Highness except to use your strength.

I am sure that the court has reached a critical moment now. If Li Jiujiang loses again, the court will lose almost the capital. By then, the court will only rely more on Your Highness, and Your Highness will rest assured. “

After hearing Yang Rong's analysis, Zhu Zhi felt a little enlightened. He hurriedly said, "Mianren means that the court will never dare to make any more decisions on me at this time?"

Yang Rong said: "The more miserable the court is, the more stable the position of Your Highness. Even though your highness offers a bid, the court is very fat. It is estimated that when Your Highness's memorial arrives in Yingtian, it will be the day when Li Jiujiang's defeat."

Zhu Zhi slapped his thigh and laughed: "You Yang Rong, Yang Mianren, it's really a waste of good materials if you don't want to be a businessman." Yang Rong looked like a profiteer, squinted his eyes and smiled evilly.

Zhu Zhi stopped laughing and asked seriously, "Then you see, it's almost 500,000 taels?"

Yang Rong pretended to be surprised and raised his tone: "Five hundred thousand? It's too cheap, at least one million, you have to ask others to bargain. Five hundred thousand is our lowest price.

Your Highness, don’t disbelief. You have to master their psychology. The more you want, the more the court will trust us."

Zhu Zhi stood up happily and walked back and forth three times. Yang Rong was really a wonderful person. He saw everything so thoroughly. It turned out that the remaining little bit of worry had already floated out of the sky.

Zhu Zhi suddenly remembered something, he stopped Shale Le and said to Yang Rong: "Collection of debt is a small matter, but there is still a big thing in the capital that needs to be laid."

Yang Rong said: "But I don't know what the big deal is?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Does Mianren remember what the King of Japan told you and Tie Hyun? Liaodong is a fisherman, but how does this fisherman do it? What will Jingnan finally hope for? Have you ever thought about how to get?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhi seemed confident, Yang Rong knew this big idea, Zhu Zhi had already made up his mind and replied respectfully: "This is a big deal. Your Highness Rong Wei is following his leader. But he doesn't know what your Highness is going to plan?"

Zhu Zhi smiled slightly and said, "That's good. I'm not mature enough to think about it for the time being. But there are a few things that are not small, and you must prepare in advance.

This time, I hope Mianren will make arrangements and arrangements in person..." Yang Rong saw that Zhu Zhi did not make any clear statement, nor did he ask questions, but just carefully remembered Zhu Zhi's instructions.

Three days later, Yang Rong drafted a memorial to ask for money and escorted Liao Yi and the letter sealed in the box to the official ship.

...

On the tenth day of the fifth month, another major incident happened in the court. A fire broke out in Chengtian Gate in the palace, and a fire burned the city gate clean. On the same day, eight hundred miles from Dezhou rushed to the palace. The royal army led by Li Jinglong suffered an unprecedented defeat in Baigou River. The army of 300,000 collapsed and was beheaded by the Yan army. 50,000 war horses were lost, and countless weapons and supplies were countless. The final elite troops in the Beijing camp were wiped out.

Zhu Di's army continued to sweep across most areas of southern Hebei. The towns passed by were surrendering. In addition to sending a small number of baggage troops to collect food and grass in the local area, Zhu Di's army headed straight to Jinan.

Governor Wu Jie led tens of thousands of remaining troops to defend the city. He was an important town in Shandong, Jinan and Shandong, with high and deep moats. The Yan army could not do anything to this strong city for a while.

But one news surprised Zhu Zhi. The Baigou River Zhantang in Shandong Dusi reported crossing the Bohai Strait and put it on Zhu Zhi's desktop in just a few days.

The battle report clearly stated the name of a person who was missing in the formation - everyone commanded Sheng Yong! Why was he dead? Zhu Zhi held the Tang Bao for a long time and couldn't calm down.

Sheng Yong, a general of the court, became the commander of the Jianwen Dynasty in the late anti-Yan period in the sky of history. He defeated the King of Yan repeatedly in Jinan, Dongchang and other places, and became the only general of the Southern Army who could compete with the King of Yan during the Jingnan Battle.

Unfortunately, this genius general rose too late. He became the general to fight against rebellion after the Battle of Jinan. At this time, the court's military capital had been completely lost and the initiative in the war had changed hands.

Sheng Yong could only pull the east and west, and barely maintain the Shandong defense line. But the Jianwen Dynasty was able to support that time and space for three years, two of which were the contributions of Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan.

Now Sheng Yong has gone earlier than history, and Zhu Zhi is very surprised and regretful.

Originally, he left two of the three heroes of the Anti-Yan to his nephew, and only took Tie Xuan, because he wanted to maintain the balance between the court and Beiping. However, Sheng Yong would sooner or later take over the talented general, and would lend it to the court for a few years at most.

Unfortunately, the wheels of history have changed.
Chapter completed!