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Chapter 271
The secret letter sent by Shen Shuren to the capital would take at least three or four days to arrive, even if it took an urgent courier six hundred miles away.

What's more, he sent this secret letter in his personal capacity, and he is not qualified to expedite it with [-] miles, so it will be even slower.

Considering that Qin Liangyu had arrived in Xinyang four days earlier than Qin Liangyu and continued to go north, so he must not be able to catch up.

However, Shen Shuren estimated that even if Chongzhen received urgent reports, it would be impossible to make a decision to rescue Sichuan so quickly. It is already halfway through November of the 15th year of Chongzhen. What kind of mess has become of Chongzhen? How high can the priority be?

Even if the emperor wants to mobilize troops, he has no soldiers to use, or it is really beyond his reach.When Qin Liangyu's urgent report arrived, Shen Shuren's success report here in Henan might not have arrived yet.

If Chongzhen thought that Shen Shuren was still surrounded by Li Zicheng and could not move in Chen County, then it would be impossible for him to order Shen Shuren to rescue Sichuan immediately.

At most, it is just a blank check to appoint a few other local officials in Sichuan, and then let these people figure out their own way to serve as peace thieves.

Therefore, Shen Shuren estimated that before the end of November, it is unlikely that the capital will send an order on how to deal with the Sichuan issue.

Taking advantage of this time difference, I gradually moved the troops to the vicinity of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and made preparations to act as soon as the order came, so as not to delay things too much.

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After finishing all the cooking in Chen County, Shen Shuren led more than a thousand elite guard cavalry, and returned to Xinyang County directly via Shangcai and Ruyang.

He just got out of trouble in Chen County, so it is necessary to take time to meet King Lu and King Fu who have been rescued for several days, so that he can make a relationship and sell a favor.

On the other hand, ever since Huang Degong got the recent situation of the people who rescued King Lu and King Fu from Huang Degong yesterday, Shen Shuren thought a lot about the long-term arrangements for the feudal king that night——

Of course he knew that King Fu later became Emperor Hongguang in history, and he also knew about the Fulu dispute between Shi Kefa and others.Now that the only two vassal kings who will be closest to Chongzhen in the future have been rescued by his troops, this credit is not small.Of course, we should take the opportunity to inspect the kings to see what kind of people they are, who they should be puppets in the future, and whether the records in the history books are reliable.

Some people may wonder: Why do you say that King Lu and King Fu are the collateral vassals closest to Chongzhen in the world?Isn't there still a dispute between King Gui and King in history?
Here we must remind a bit of the butterfly effect caused by Shen Shuren: King Gui's family was killed by Zhang Xianzhong long ago in Hengzhou, and none of his heirs escaped.

In addition, according to Qin Liangyu's urgent report relayed by Zhang Mingzhen just now, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Chongqing ten days ago.That also means that the fifth younger brother of the old Fu Wang, Rui Wang Zhu Changhao in Chongqing, has probably been killed by Zhang Xianzhong.

In this way, in this time and space, only Fu Wang and Lu Wang are left, and the other people will only be more distant than Lu Wang.

Shen Shuren traveled far and wide, rode on horseback for two days, and arrived in Xinyang County on November [-]th.Liu Guoneng also took Yuan Shizhong out of the city for dozens of miles to meet them personally, and Shen Shuren inevitably comforted and encouraged them.

Yuan Shizhong was Huang Degong who surrendered at the beginning of the month. At that time, because he was afraid of being reorganized and liquidated, Huang Degong made his own decision temporarily and arranged for him to temporarily accept the rule of Liu Guoneng.

Liu Guoneng is also the imperial court to which the leader of the thieves has surrendered anyway. The situation is similar to that of Yuan Shizhong, which should make the other party feel at ease.

Shen Shuren said down-to-earth: "Since General Yuan can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, as long as he serves the court well in the future, he will naturally have a wife and son - General Liu is the first to meet the enemy. In the past four or five years, he has already made great achievements. General Lu, you have to follow suit and think that you are a role model.

Now that you haven't made any outstanding military achievements, I'll call you a guerrilla for the time being. After a while, I may bring troops into Sichuan for reinforcements. If you can fight Zhang Xianzhong with all the generals, you might not be able to honor your ancestors. "

Yuan Shizhong paused and bowed his head: "The final general will live up to Master Futai's expectations and fight with all his might."

After Shen Shuren had dealt with Yuan Shizhong, he turned to Liu Guoneng and asked casually, "How are the princes doing here?"

Liu Guoneng replied cautiously: "Three days ago, Huang Degong transferred several princes to this place. His Royal Highness Xiaofu really... wanted to make friends with a general when he saw a general. King Lu lived in seclusion and didn't want to be disturbed. Master Futai didn't dare to respond to Xiaofu Wang's tricks because of your instructions."

Shen Shuren was slightly surprised when he heard this.Although Xiaofu Wang Zhu Yousong's close-to-favorites to generals must have been done in private, and it may not be possible to fall into the trap.

But now that Chongzhen is not dead, he already has ambitions in this regard?Could it be that he could also see that because his cousin killed Zhongliang indiscriminately because of his self-will, would he blow himself up in the end with no one to use?
It seems that this is a master with ideas and ideas!

It's a pity that Shen Shuren doesn't need a master with ideas.

Too thoughtful, if he is as resolute and self-talking as Chongzhen, how can he reform Daming?Didn't Chongzhen die in vain?

For Shen Shuren, the most perfect puppet should actually be Liu Chan-type personality—to be precise, it must be the early Liu Chan type during Zhuge Liang’s reign, and it is best to be able to trust the power unconditionally. Bright".

In this way, Shen Shu could play the role of Zhuge Liang without any constraints, presiding over the Northern Expedition to restore the world.

After thinking about it, Shen Shuren was led into the city by Liu Guoneng.

Just after walking two or three hundred steps on Chengbeizhi Street, still far away from the government office, several carriages and horses suddenly turned out at the intersection. Although the carriages did not look very decent, they were temporarily painted and used four-wheelers. As soon as Shen Shuren's heart moved, he knew that this was the prince's car.

Since ancient times, the emperor has six royals, and only the emperor can use a six-horse chariot, and four horses are already the treatment of princes.

Sure enough, after seeing Shen Shuren and his party, the car stopped quickly, and an eunuch lifted the curtain, and a middle-aged man in his thirties got out of the car first, and expressed his goodwill to Shen Shuren:

"General Liu, what a coincidence that we met here by chance. I haven't seen you for two days, are you safe? This must be Governor Shen of Huguang in person, right? I heard Mr. Huang said a few days ago that the intruders are going south to harass Xinyang. Killing Xiaowang, Shenfu Taigong is loyal to the country, and breaks through the encirclement to rescue him regardless of his own life.

Yesterday, there was another good news from the front, saying that the intruders had been defeated, and it must be that Shen Futai had planned properly and the soldiers worked hard.It is indeed the great fortune of Daming to have such a giant as Shen Futai, who can build a pillar of the sea and save the sky, and his ancestors are blessed. "

Liu Guoneng hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then introduced Shen Shuren: "This is His Royal Highness King Sifu!"

Shen Shuren had no choice but to bow down reluctantly, and now this etiquette is still indispensable, even though he was wronged a bit, it is better than giving someone a handle.

That man was indeed Zhu Yousong, the king of blessings, and he was also very good at being a man. Immediately, he ran over in two steps, grabbed Shen Shuren's arm, and stopped him from bowing down: "Shen Futai is Xiaowang's lifesaver, how can I be worthy of it? Hurry up." Free gift is it!"

Shen Shuren didn't want to worship at first, so he accepted it.When he came to this world, he had no choice but to bow down to Chongzhen. After Chongzhen, he didn't want to bow down to others like this again.

Of course, because of the relationship between feudal ethics and Confucian etiquette, he has no strength to bombard him for the time being.So go back to your own home and bow down to your cheap parents in the flesh, there is still no way.In Shen Tingyang's place, he had to make sacrifices for the rest of his life. This was due to the limitations of the times and was not included here.

Although I don't say goodbye, I still have to say what I should say to be humble.

So Shen Shuren eloquently and modestly showed his political correctness: "Your Highness is too well-known, and it's really frustrating for the lower officials. Everything is done by the soldiers. The lower officials only dispatch the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. How dare you take the merits of heaven for yourself?
As the so-called northerners fear Zhao Xixie, they are really afraid of the million-strong army of the king of Chu. It is the soldiers and horses of our Ming court who defeat the intruders, and they eat the salary and military pay of the Ming court.I don't have the strength to restrain a chicken, and I don't have any thieves. I just supervised it. "

Shen Shuren's words are in a state of wariness of "foreign ministers can't casually make friends with vassal kings", but they will not offend Zhu Yousong, and they can still excuse everything to "fear of being chewed".

This kind of neither soft nor hard and polite response made Zhu Yousong very angry. He only thought that he was timid and cautious, and was afraid of the factional struggle between the DPRK and China.

"Shen Futai is too cautious. Anyway, Xiao Wang remembers your loyalty. If there is a chance in the future, you can stop worrying about criticism from outsiders. Let's talk about the old days." Zhu Yousong left an excuse and temporarily gave up further alliances .

After all, he doesn't have a clear plan of action yet, he just wants to play a shot if he can, and make friends first.As long as the other party has no ill feeling towards him, it is considered a victory——

Don't really think that Zhu Yousong's requirements are low, because he is the son of the old Fu Wang, and the old Fu Wang has accumulated so many grievances and grievances from fighting the Donglin Party for so long because of fighting for the country.

So Zhu Yousong knows very well that at least [-]% of the civil servants in the world don't like to get close to him.It would be good if Shen Shuren was neither humble nor overbearing, which meant that he did not wear the same trousers as the Donglin Party.

It's a pity that Zhu Yousong didn't know what kind of other face Shen Shuren would put on when he had the opportunity to meet his Uncle Lu Wang after a while.

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After Shen Shuren and King Fu first tried their words, Liu Guoneng quickly took them to the mansion, took a rest to clean up, and after washing away the dust,

He changed into clean and decent clothes again, prepared some small gifts that were on hand, and asked where the other party was staying, so he took a few attendants to pay a visit to King Lu's residence.

Ordinarily, he had just expressed his opinion to Zhu Yousong that foreign ministers should not casually make friends with vassal princes, so seeing King Lu naturally had to be flattered.

Fortunately, Shen Shuren had an excuse, and it was just a temporary thought when he bid farewell to Queen Fu-he led the army to break through from Chen County and fight Li Zicheng in the field, isn't it just to prevent Li Zicheng from making a detour and destroying the city to kill the kings?
Now King Fu has healthy limbs and a healthy body, but King Lu has not shown his face. Shen Shuren should always confirm whether the other party is in good health, or whether he was frightened by the chaos.

This reason could not be more adequate.

(End of this chapter)